Come, Sweet Death
Vienna. Heat. Ambulances. High speed. Tired from his work as detective, Simon Brenner has became an ambulance driver. But the intricate case is not delaying – one murder, one suspect. Ex-detective Brenner is involved in new investigation.
“Komm, süßer Tod”/1998/ (“Come, Sweet Death”) is named after a musical piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. The book was filmed in 2000.
Wolf Haas
Wolf Haas (1960) is one of the most successful Austrian authors of crime novels. His stories revolve around one main character – an eccentric, grouchy ex-detective Simon Brenner.
Haas's style is based on German dialects, word-plays and it is difficult to translate, but too provocative for its readers. Two of his books – “Komm, süßer Tod” and “Silentium!”, have been filmed.
Woolf Haas has been awarded with: the Deutscher Krimi Preis (German crime literature prize) – three times; the German Thriller Prize (2000); the Literature Prize of the City of Vienna (2004).
Some of Haas's novels are bestsellers.
