Barlach's new offsider, Tschanz, is quick off the mark, but Barlach comes under political pressure from his boss and refuses to let … Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 519. Complementing/tie-ing in with BBC Radio 4’s Foreign Bodies series: Paperback. It was first published in English in 1954, in a translation by Cyrus Brooks and later in a translation by Therese Pol.

‘The Judge and his Hangman’ is, exactly as Dürrenmatt intended I believe, a detective story that gladly upends some of the genre’s stereotypes.

In The Judge and His Hangman, Barlach forgoes the arrest of a murderer in order to manipulate him into killing another, more elusive criminal. 4.3 out of 5 stars 12. BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA. Monday 22 October. The Judge And His Hangman. It is a tribute to Dürrenmatt’s huge literary talent that this holds true even if looked at from a contemporary perspective. 6.30pm-6.45pm.

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