Too Close to the Edge (Noir): Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir

Too Close to the Edge (Noir): Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir

by PascalGarnier (Author), EmilyBoyce(Translator) (Author)

Synopsis

Recently widowed grandmother Eliette is returning to her house in the mountains when her car breaks down. A stranger offers help and Eliette gives him a lift, glad of the company and interruption to her routine.

A tale of retirement and calm domesticity, with a hint of menace about to explode.

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Quantity

2 in stock

More Information

Format: paperback
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published:

ISBN 10: 1910477257
ISBN 13: 9781910477250
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Media Reviews
Praise for Pascal Garnier:

'Masterly' John Banville

'Deliciously dark ... painfully funny' Marilyn Stasio, New York Times

'Only now working their way into English translation, Garnier's crime novels add significantly to the latest renaissance for this type of dark narrative.' Publishers Weekly

'Readers will relish the late Pascal Garnier's graveyard humorous dark French noir' Midwest Book
Review

'Tense, strange, disconcerting and slyly funny' Sunday Times

'The final descent into violence is worthy of J G Ballard. 4 stars' The Independent

'A master of the surreal noir thriller - Luis Bunuel meets Georges Simenon.' TLS

'Combines a sense of the surreal with a ruthless wit.' The Observer

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

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