Vienna, 1909: famed actor Eugen Bischoff is found dead under odd circumstances. While it appears to be a suicide, suspicions center on Baron Von Yosch--an army officer and the former lover of the wife of the deceased. In response, Baron launches an investigation to provide his innocence, which leads him to discover a pattern of other strange deaths and the strange motive that connects them. A mysterious murderer takes form as a ghost, present since time immemorial, an enemy that lies latent in each one of us, always at risk ...
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Vienna, 1909: famed actor Eugen Bischoff is found dead under odd circumstances. While it appears to be a suicide, suspicions center on Baron Von Yosch--an army officer and the former lover of the wife of the deceased. In response, Baron launches an investigation to provide his innocence, which leads him to discover a pattern of other strange deaths and the strange motive that connects them. A mysterious murderer takes form as a ghost, present since time immemorial, an enemy that lies latent in each one of us, always at risk of being awoken. Viena, 1909. El c???lebre actor Eugen Bischoff aparece muerto en extra???as circunstancias. A pesar de que parece un suicidio, todas las sospechas se centran en el bar???n Von Yosch, oficial del ej???rcito y antiguo amante de la mujer del difunto. Al verse repentinamente involucrado en el caso, el bar???n Von Yosch deber??? emprender una investigaci???n para poder demostrar su inocencia. Sus pesquisas le llevar???n a investigar otras extra???as muertes acaecidas en las mismas fechas y a descubrir el extra???o motivo que las relaciona: un misterioso asesino que parece, en realidad, un espectro surgido en tiempos inmemoriales, un ???terrible enemigo??? que est??? latente en cada uno de nosotros y siempre dispuesto a despertar de su letargo. Leo Perutz, uno de los grandes narradores del siglo xx, firm??? con El maestro del juicio final una apasionante novela, a medio camino entre el relato policiaco y la literatura fant???stica, que acabar???a d???ndole fama internacional y lo convertir???a en un autor admirado por escritores como Graham Greene, Ian Fleming o Jorge Luis Borges.
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