The Assignment: Or on the Observing of the Observer of the Observers (International Ser.) by Durrenmatt, Friedrich - 1989

New York, New York, USA: Vintage International/Random House, 1989. BX5 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated black wraps with minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very light scattered surface chipping on the front cover. Translated from the German by Joel Agee. A novella about a woman filmmaker who accepts an assignment to the Al-Hakim ruins to investigate the rape and murder of the wife of a psychiatrist. It is in an an unnamed Arab country. She finds herself becoming the central character in a deepening mystery when she becomes involved in a labyrinthine quest for an elusive truth with frightening consequences at every turn. By the author of "The Visit" and "The Physicists." 129p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8".