How's the Pain?: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir by Pascal Garnier

How's the Pain?: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir by Pascal Garnier

'Masterly' John Banville 'Action-packed and full of gallows humour' Sunday Telegraph

Death is Simon's business. And now the ageing vermin exterminator is preparing to die. But he still has one last job down on the coast, and he needs a driver.

Bernard is twenty-one. He can drive and he's never seen the sea. He can't pass up the chance to chauffeur for Simon, whatever his mother may say. As the unlikely pair set off on their journey, Bernard soon finds that Simon's definition of vermin is broader than he'd expected.

Veering from the hilarious to the horrific, this offbeat story from master stylist Pascal Garnier is at heart an affecting study of human frailty.

'A perfectly balanced cross between a thriller and a social document' L'Express 'Writing that is limpid, precise, even poetic.' Le Figaro 'A novel run through with humanity.' Livres Hebdo

Pascal Garnier is a leading figure in contemporary French literature, in the tradition of Georges Simenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardeche devoting himself to writing and painting. Pascal Garnier died in March 2010.

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ISBN 13	9781908313034
ISBN 10	190831303X
Title	How's the Pain?: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir
Author	Pascal Garnier
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gallic Books
Year published	2012-06-11
Number of pages	160
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