Islanders: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir - Brossura

Garnier, Pascal

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1908313722 ISBN 13: 9781908313720

Casa editrice: Gallic Books, 2014

Riassunto

"Dark enough to sink the hook deep into fans of noir."—Publishers Weekly

Just before Christmas in Versailles. Olivier has come to bury his mother, but the impending holidays and icy conditions have delayed the funeral.

While trapped in limbo at his mother's flat, a chance encounter brings Olivier back in touch with childhood friend Jeanne and her blind brother, Rodolphe.

Rodolphe suggests they have dinner together, along with a homeless man he's taken in. As the wine flows, dark secrets are spilled, and there's more than just hangovers to deal with the next morning . . .

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Recensione

Garnier plunges you into a bizarre, overheated world, seething death, writing, fictions and philosophy. He's a trippy, sleazy, sly and classy read.-- AL Kennedy

Bleak, often funny and never predictable --The Observer

Masterly ... very funny indeed, but in the blackest of ways --John Banville

Garnier's take on the frailty of life has a bracing originality --Sunday Times

L'autore

Pascal Garnier died in March 2010. From his home in the mountains of the Ardèche, he wrote fiction in a noir palette with a cast of characters drawn from ordinary provincial life. Though his writing is often very dark in tone, it sparkles with quirkily beautiful imagery and dry wit. Garnier's work has been likened to that of the great thriller writer, Georges Simenon.

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• Editore: Gallic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1908313722
• ISBN 13: 9781908313720
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144