The Darkroom of Damocles

by Willem Frederik Hermans

Ina Rilke (Translator)

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A classic pitch-black wartime thriller from the author of An Untouched House

'I immerse myself in the book, intimidated at first by its length, astonished afterwards to find I have read it at a single sitting... The suspense never falters' Milan Kundera

Under Nazi occupation, Henri Osewoudt finds himself drawn into the resistance by his near-doppelgänger, the ruthless Dorbeck, Soon Osewoudt has entered a world that is a photo negative of his previous humdrum existence - carrying messages, helping British agents to escape and killing collaborators. But how much of it is real?

The Darkroom of Damocles is a razor-sharp classic thriller set in a world where everything is permitted, even murder. As unsettling and morally challenging today as when it was first written.

  • ISBN10 1782276254
  • ISBN13 9781782276258
  • Publish Date 1 October 2020 (first published 1 May 2008)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Pushkin Press
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Language English