Under the Channel

Under the Channel

by JaneAitken(Translator) (Author), EmilyBoyce(Translator) (Author), Gilles Pétel (Author)

Synopsis

Roland decides to travel to London - and not just in order to progress the inquiry. It's also a chance to escape his troubled marriage. Arriving in a city gripped by the financial crisis, Roland immerses himself in the victim's hedonistic lifestyle, as he searches for the motive behind the crime. But the longer he walks in the dead man's shoes, the more Roland discovers about himself...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 12 May 2014

ISBN 10: 1908313668
ISBN 13: 9781908313669
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Media Reviews
'Gilles Petel unfurls the twists and turns of his deceptively simple tale with unwavering mastery' Livres Hebdo
Author Bio
Gilles Petel was born and raised in Dunkirk. After studying philosophy at the Universite de Nice, he spent several years abroad teaching. In 1996 his first novel, Le Metier dans le sang, was published by Fayard. This was followed by other novels, Le Mur de Broadway (Fayard, 1998), Le Recensement (Stock, 2000) and La Deposition (Stock, 2002), as well as short stories, and a play Le Monologue de la femme ivre de bonheur staged by the artists group Lilas en scene in December 2009. Under the Channel will be published by Gallic Books in March 2015.

Emily Boyce is in-house translator for Gallic Books. She lives in London.