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The Accident on the A35 (The Gorski Novels)

The Accident on the A35 (The Gorski Novels)

by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Author), Graem Macrae Burnet (Author), Graem Macrae Burnet (Author)

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Synopsis

From the author of His Bloody Project , shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. There does not appear to be anything remarkable about the fatal car crash on the A35. But one question dogs Inspector Georges Gorski: where has the victim, an outwardly austere lawyer, been on the night of his death? The troubled Gorski finds himself drawn into a mystery that takes him behind the respectable veneer of the sleepy French backwater of Saint-Louis. Graeme Macrae Burnet returns with a literary mystery that will beguile fans of His Bloody Project and The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau . Darkly humorous, subtle and sophisticated, The Accident on the A35 burrows deep into the psyches of its characters and explores the forgotten corners of small-town life.

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Format: International Edition
 Pages: 272
 Edition: International ed.
 Publisher: Contraband
Published: 05 Apr 2018
ISBN 10: 1912235137
ISBN 13: 9781912235131

Media Reviews
Skilfully written and neatly executed...elegant and aesthetically pleasing. The Prisma; Gripping and intelligent. Philip Pullman, The Guardian; Highly accomplished, The Accident on the A35 works on several levels... The narration has the simple momentum of classic crime writing... It has a denouement like something out of Greek tragedy but delivers as a proper police procedural too... Burnet's cleverness doesn't get in the way of your enjoyment but playfully adds levels of meaning. Anthony Cummins, Observer.; [A] truly superlative tale... fascinating... one of the most clever and compelling novels to be published this year. Lesley McDowell, Herald. ; As steeped in the works of Simenon as a good boeuf bourgignon is in red wine. The characters' pretensions are mercilessly exposed in frill-free prose... What matters, of course, is whether a novel's characters seem to the reader to be alive. Burnet's do. Jake Kerridge, Telegraph. There are so many echoes of French writers in this book... [Raymond] is a fantastic depiction of the typical alienated teenager. Alex Clark, BBC Radio 4 Open Book.; Simenon fans will feel at home in the claustrophobic and petty-minded atmosphere of the French provinces. Times and Sunday Times Crime Club 'Picks of the Month'.; Graeme Macrae Burnet's best book yet. A unique and compelling novel...[It] works perfectly as a page-turning crime fiction, but it's also moody and Gallic and wittily deadly serious. Chris Dolan.; Fans of His Bloody Project will [enjoy] familiar themes including questions of authorship, betrayal, family, love, death, truth and lies (or rather, what can be said to be true, if anything, and what is false?), and the possibilities of youth versus the reality of adulthood. Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae.; Elegant, craftily written and frequently funny. Phil Miller, Herald.; Clever, meandering and oh, so French... Burnet really has - a rare thing nowadays - a novelist's eye... I confess myself seduced by the atmosphere of provincial ennui. I longed to shrug gallically at a detective through a haze of cigarette smoke, to pour myself a drink from a cut-glass decanter, to drive to the next town to make acrobatic love to a beautiful...I'm getting carried away. James Marriott, Times
Author Bio
Graeme Macrae Burnet is one of Scotland's brightest literary talents. His second novel, His Bloody Project, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, won the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award 2016, and has been shortlisted for the LA Times Book Awards 2016. It has been published around the world. Graeme's first novel, The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau (Contraband, 2014), was longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award and was a cult hit.