A terrific fast-moving book. . . a truly clever rather wonderful book that both plays with and
defies genre - Irish Times A taxi-driver in 1930s Vienna impersonates a murder victim and is
caught into a dangerous spiral Twice adapted for film I Was Jack Mortimer is a tale of
misappropriated identity as darkly captivating and twisting as the books of Patricia Highsmith.
One doesn't step into anyone's life not even a dead man's without having to live it to the
end. A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponer's cab gives the name of a hotel and before he reaches
it has been murdered: shot through the throat. And though Sponer has so far committed no crime
he is drawn into the late Jack Mortimer's life and might not be able to escape its tangles and
intrigues before it is too late... Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: outstanding
classic storytelling from around the world in a stylishly original series design. From newly
rediscovered gems to fresh translations of the world's greatest authors this series includes
such authors as Stefan Zweig Hermann Hesse Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Gaito Gazdanov.
