Zwischen Neun Und Neun by Leo Perutz

A taut, night-long thriller that follows a young man falsely accused of murder as he races through a sleepless city, encountering eccentric strangers, narrow escapes and increasingly dreamlike episodes while trying to prove his innocence before dawn; the narrative blends suspense, dark humor and psychological ambiguity to probe fate, identity and the thin line between guilt and perception.

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