Vienna Blood - ISBN:0812977769

Vienna Blood

Date: 18 June 2011, 02:07

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Frank Tallis's vivid description of the atmosphere, language, and culture of Vienna at the turn of the century is fascinating and masterful. He skillfully incorporates historical figures such as Sigmund Freud into the narrative, and he cleverly uses the ideas of psychology, evolution, medicine, and forensics in his well-constructed plot. The characters are nicely drawn: Max is a principled and intelligent individual who fears that he is about to enter into an ill-advised marriage; Rheinhardt's job is causing him great stress, since his superior, the irascible Commissioner Brugel, constantly pressures him to make a quick arrest. Oskar and Max relax in each other's company over drinks and pastries in Vienna's cafes and they enjoy frequent musical evenings during which Max, who plays the piano, accompanies Oskar, who has a fine baritone. The villains range from a handsome soldier, Lieutenant Ruprecht Hefner, who is overly fond of womanizing and dueling, to the many purveyors of intolerance who are planning to take Austria back from its alleged infiltrators. One can readily understand how Hitler, who was familiar with List's writings, came up with the ideas that he later used to mesmerize an entire nation. My sole quibble with "Vienna Blood" is that, at five-hundred pages, it goes on a bit too long. It could have been trimmed with no loss of excitement, suspense, and coherence. Nevertheless, this is an engrossing, informative, and entertaining mystery in which Tallis tackles some compelling themes: the power of the unconscious to influence our actions, the roots of anti-Semitism in Austria, and the terrible decay that often underlies apparently refined civilizations.

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