Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) was a Swiss playwright and novelist known for plays and crime novels that often deconstruct genre conventions and probe moral and philosophical questions.

Dürrenmatt is noted for using detective plots as a vehicle to explore justice, responsibility, and the limits of rational investigation. His major works (verifiable) include plays and prose that blend dark comedy, moral inquiry, and philosophical pessimism.

The single DeBaser review praises Dürrenmatt's The Judge and His Hangman for using the detective plot to question justice and human motives. The reviewer highlights the author's deconstruction of genre conventions and a bleak, agnostic outlook. The piece emphasizes character reduction, a twisted narrative descent, and an overturning finale.

For:Readers of literary criticism, fans of crime/detective fiction, and those interested in ethical/philosophical novels.

 I deliberately choose a short but impactful book, like "The Judge and His Hangman" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, a Swiss writer and polemicist (1925-1991), who, even in Italy, has enjoyed a reputation perhaps inferior to his merits and his influence on the development, I would almost say on the deconstruction, of genre writing, and of detective stories in particular.

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