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The A26

The A26

by PascalGarnier (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

    $9.74
Synopsis

The future is on its way to Picardy with the construction of a huge motorway. But nearby is a house where nothing has changed since 1945. Traumatised by events that year, Yolande hasn't left her home since. And life has not been kinder to Bernard, her brother, who is now in the final months of a terminal illness. Realizing that he has so little time left, Bernard's gloom suddenly lifts. With no longer anything to lose, he becomes reckless - and murderous -

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 112
 Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 11 Feb 2013
ISBN 10: 1908313161
ISBN 13: 9781908313164
Book Overview: Advance reading copies available to reviewers and stores. Media mailing of advance reading copies to a wide range of book reviewers at national and local media, including trade journals, newspapers, magazines, websites, zones, literary blogs, and Francofile magazines, newspapers and French-American foundations and organizations. Social media campaign - online giveaways, competition and e-mail campaign Promotion through: www.gallicbooks.com Twitter and Facebook promotion to include contests and giveaway. Co- op available

Media Reviews
'A most wonderfully wry noir murder mystery you'll not soon forgot. It's the sleeper of the year.' Durango Herald

'Garnier's sly, cynical take on life after retirement will strike a chord with readers of every age.' - Publishers Weekly

'Ultimately a very dark novel, but a very impressive one...' - The Complete Review

' ... dark enough to sink the hook deep into fans of noir.' - Publishers Weekly

'Pascal Garnier produces a story of infinite grace -- a compact piece filled with quirky imagery, plot and characters.' - Iloveamysterynewsletter.com

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

'Bleak, often funny, and never predictable' - Guardian

'A brilliant exercise in grim and gripping irony, it makes you grin as well as wince.' The Sunday Telegraph

'For those with a taste for Georges Simenon or Patricia Highsmith, Garnier's recently translated oeuvre will strike a chord ... While this is an undeniably steely work, his translator Melanie Florence does justice to the author's occasional outbreaks of dark humour that suddenly pierce through the clouds of encroaching existential gloom.' The Independent

'This is tough, bloody stuff, but put together with a cunning intelligence.' The Sunday Times

Author Bio
Pascal Garnier is a leading figure in contemporary French literature, in the tradition of Georges Simenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardeche devoting himself to writing and painting. Pascal Garnier died in March 2010.