The Panda Theory
by Pascal Garnier
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Pub Date 26 Mar 2012 | Archive Date 24 Sep 2015
Description
"You've only been here for a few days but you already know loads of people. You walk into people's lives, just like that." Gabriel is a stranger in a small Breton town. Nobody knows where he came from or why he's here. Yet his small acts of kindness, and exceptional cooking, quickly earn him acceptance from the locals. His new friends grow fond of Gabriel, who seems as reserved and benign as the toy panda he wins at the funfair. But unlike Gabriel, the fluffy toy is not haunted by his past...
Advance Praise
'The combination of sudden violence, surreal touches and bone-dry humour have led to Garnier's work being compared with the films of Tarantino and the Coen brothers. When the denouement suddenly begins in The Panda Theory, it is so unexpected that I read the page twice in shocked disbelief. Garnier's take on the frailty of life has a bracing originality.' --Sunday Times
'This often bleak, often funny and never predictable narrative is written in a precise style. Garnier combines a sense of the surreal with a ruthless wit.' --The Observer
A quick, sharp and devastating novel. --Stuart Evers, The Observer
'This often bleak, often funny and never predictable narrative is written in a precise style. Garnier combines a sense of the surreal with a ruthless wit.' --The Observer
A quick, sharp and devastating novel. --Stuart Evers, The Observer
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781906040420 |
| PRICE | £6.99 (GBP) |
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