The Alphonse Courrier Affair (Panther S.)

by Marta Morazzoni (Author), Marta Morazzoni (Author), Emma Rose (Translator)

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  2001

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  Alphonse Courrier possesses all the might reasonably make a man content: a prosperous ironmonger's business and a position of respect in his Auvergne village, a dutiful, coolly beautiful wife who runs an irreproachable household, two healthy sons, and a hidden mistress - the ugliest girl in the village but probably the happiest . Prying eyes and wagging tongues, however, are the life force in a small community, and though Courrier thinks he can play the village gossips with the same skill he brings to the card table, life has a way of dealing the hand you least expect ...

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  2000

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  Alphonse Courrier possessed all that might make a modestly ambitious man content: a respectable position in his Auvergne village; a prosperous ironmonger's shop; a dutiful, beautiful wife, Agnes, who bore him two sons; and a secret mistress, Adele. But fate has a way of dealing you the joker just when you think you hold all the best cards. Assuredly, the villagers could continue to indulge in their favorite blood sport -- gossip -- but some secrets are too well guarded for even the best of gossips.In The Alphonse Courrier Affair, Marta Morazzoni has identified the dynamic undercurrents that surge beneath the placid surface of daily life and exposed them to a quizzical, amused, devastating gaze that will exhilarate any reader who enjoys filling in the gaps of what the author has left unsaid.