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Pub Date 18 May 2015 | Archive Date 3 Sep 2015

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

Description

He was the sole survivor of the natural disaster that at one time or another strikes us all, known as ‘moving house’.

Brice and Emma had bought their new home in the countryside together. And then Emma disappeared. Now, as he awaits her return, Brice busies himself with DIY and walks around the village.

He gradually comes to know his new neighbours including Blanche, an enigmatic woman in white, who has lived on her own in the big house by the graveyard since the death of her father, to whom Brice bears a curious resemblance...

He was the sole survivor of the natural disaster that at one time or another strikes us all, known as ‘moving house’.

Brice and Emma had bought their new home in the countryside together. And then...

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Advance Praise

'It’s dark, stomach-twisting stuff, and the mysteries surrounding Emma’s whereabouts and Brice’s striking visual similarity to someone in Blanch’s past keep you turning the pages hungrily.' La Friction

Praise for Pascal Garnier:

'Masterly' John Banville

'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 Buñuel meets Georges Simenon.' TLS

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

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

'It’s dark, stomach-twisting stuff, and the mysteries surrounding Emma’s whereabouts and Brice’s striking visual similarity to someone in Blanch’s past keep you turning the pages hungrily.' La...

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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781910477045
PRICE £7.99 (GBP)

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