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2000s and before: A murder. A murderer. No motive.
The Collini Case
What you need to know before your trail
Fabrizio Collini has worked diligently for Mercedes Benz for more than 34 years, but one day he visits one of Berlin’s most luxurious hotels and kills an innocent man.
Young Caspar Leinen takes the case. Getting Collini a not-guilty verdict would make his name. But too late he discovers that Collini’s victim – an industrialist of some renown – is known to him.
Now Leinen is caught in a professional and personal dilemma. Collini admits the murder but won’t say why he did it, forcing Leinen to defend a man who won’t put up a defence.
His reputation, his career and this friendship are all at risk.
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Between the courtroom, a hotel and a hard place
Despite the title, the courtroom scenes are not the focus of the book. This is rather the story of Germany and its past with a murder in a hotel room and the unravelling of “the reasoning” behind it. It’s a novel about the conscience of a country which has had to face all matter of actions during its history and now this man in the dock represents his country in a way. The author himself is the great grandson of a man who was the leader of the Hitler Youth so that should help give a picture.
Who should sit in the dock when an entire nation is at fault? How do you judge a man for the actions of those who have lived before. What are the consequences of individual acts on a national conscience?
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Collini Case
Author/Guide: Ferdinand von Schirach Destination: Berlin , Germany Departure Time: 2000s
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