Passionfruit by Daniel Pennac
Benjamin Malaussène and family are far from happy when his fortune teller younger sister Thérèse marries the aristocratic Count Marie-Colbert de Roberval at a televised wedding – a ceremony from which Marie-Colbert has unceremoniously banned the madcap Malaussène clan. Two days later, Thérèse turns up in Paris’s Belleville quarter back early from their honeymoon, only to narrowly escape death as her fairground caravan is mysteriously torched to the ground. When that same day his sister Thérèse’s husband is found dead at the foot of his luxury apartment’s stairwell, Benjamin Malaussène, professional scapegoat, packs his bags ready for the police to haul him off. Only it’s Thérèse the police arrest when she refuses to disclose her whereabouts the night of her husband’s murder. Without her alibi – which might have something to do with her sudden pregnancy – it’s over to Benjamin to save the day. Family and friends join forces to leave no corner of Paris unturned in their search for the true culprit.
If you want to read something that's witty, inventive, shocking and great fun, pick up a Pennac -- Paul Duncan * Crime Time *
Daniel Pennac's Belleville novels, centring on a character called Malaussene, have apparently acquired cult status in FranceIt is easy to see why -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
There is a precision of touch here that is something like the lightness Italo Calvino identified in the best folk literature . . . A crime novel that breaks off to discuss the relative merits of Kafka, Antelme, Defoe and Cioran is an odd, but oddly entertaining crime novel -- Brian Dillon * Times Literary Supplement *
Daniel Pennac's Belleville novels, centring on a character called Malaussene, have apparently acquired cult status in FranceIt is easy to see why -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
There is a precision of touch here that is something like the lightness Italo Calvino identified in the best folk literature . . . A crime novel that breaks off to discuss the relative merits of Kafka, Antelme, Defoe and Cioran is an odd, but oddly entertaining crime novel -- Brian Dillon * Times Literary Supplement *
DANIEL PENNAC was born in Casablanca in 1944, his father being in the army. He travelled widely in his youth, in Europe, Asia and Africa, and has been employed in a number of capacities, including woodcutter, Paris cab driver, illustrator and schoolteacher. His Belleville Quintet, written round the character of Benjamin Malaussene, has been published in many languages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860468018 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860468012 |
| Titel | Passionfruit |
| Autor | Daniel Pennac |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Vintage Publishing |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2001-06-21 |
| Seitenanzahl | 184 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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