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The A26: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir
Author(s): Pascal Garnier (Author), Melanie Florence (Translator) (Author)
- Publisher: Gallic Books
- Publication Date: 11 Feb. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 112 pages
- ISBN-10: 1908313161
- ISBN-13: 9781908313164
Book Description
The future is on its way to Picardy with the construction of a huge motorway. But nearby is a house where nothing has changed since 1945. Traumatised by events that year, Yolande hasn’t left her home since. And life has not been kinder to Bernard, her brother, who is now in the final months of a terminal illness. Realizing that he has so little time left, Bernard’s gloom suddenly lifts. With no longer anything to lose, he becomes reckless – and murderous.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Garnier plunges you into a bizarre, overheated world, seething death, writing, fictions and philosophy. He’s a trippy, sleazy, sly and classy read.– AL Kennedy
A brilliant exercise in grim and gripping irony, it makes you grin as well as wince. –The Sunday Telegraph
This is tough, bloody stuff, but put together with a cunning intelligence. –The Sunday Times
For those with a taste for Georges Simenon or Patricia Highsmith, Garnier’s recently translated oeuvre will strike a chord –The Independent
About the Author
Pascal Garnier is a leading figure in contemporary French literature, in the tradition of Georges Simenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardèche devoting himself to writing and painting. Pascal Garnier died in March 2010.
