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The Islanders

The Islanders

by Pascal Garnier (Author), Emily Boyce (Translator) (Author)

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Synopsis

It's a few days 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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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 144
 Edition: Translation
 Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 10 Nov 2014
ISBN 10: 1908313722
ISBN 13: 9781908313720
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
'The combination of sudden violence, surreal touches and bone-dry humour have led to Garnier's work being compared with the films of Tarantino.' Sunday Times 'A brilliant exercise in grim and gripping irony.' Sunday Telegraph 'Bleak, often funny and never predictable' The Observer 'For those with a taste for Georges Simenon or Patricia Highsmith.' The Independent
Author Bio
Pascal Garnier was a leading figure in contemporary French literature, in the tradition of Georges Simenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardeche. He died in March 2010.