Description
A celebrated terrorism expert’s wife is found murdered and violated, and the shock ripples outward as her husband—along with those closest to him—are pulled into a web of suspicion, ideology, and moral uncertainty. In the aftermath, a psychiatrist and his circle are drawn into a case that feels less like a straightforward investigation than a carefully staged “assignment,” where motives shift and truth becomes difficult to pin down. Set against the charged backdrop of international terror and political violence, the novel probes themes of guilt and responsibility, the limits of rational explanation, and how institutions and individuals manufacture narratives to survive chaos. With Dürrenmatt’s sharp, unsettling style—part thriller, part philosophical inquiry—this story challenges readers to ask not only who did it, but what the crime is meant to accomplish.
Available Editions
paperback
Pan Macmillan
Published Jul 14, 1989
144 pages
ISBN: 9780330308427
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Details
First Published
1982
Language
eng
Translation
From: deu
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Assignment by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.