A Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot

A Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot

In 1917, five French soldiers were court-martialled for self-inflicted wounds and pushed, their hands bound, into "No-Man's Land". The youngest of the condemned men was the fiance of Mathilde, only daughter of a rich industrialist, who sets out to discover what really happended to him.

S-bastien Japrisot was born in Marseille, France in 1931. He had published his first novel, Les Mal Partis when he was only 17. He has translated the works of J. D. Salinger and pursued a successful career in advertising and publicity. He has been a scriptwriter and the director of two films. His first crime novel, The 10:30 from Marseille, was received with great acclaim. His reputation as a master for crime fiction has grown with the publication of The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, A Trap for Cinderella and Rider on the Rain. His novel One Deadly Summer was made into a film starring Isabelle Adjani. A Very Long Engagement was an international bestseller and won the Prix Interalli-.

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ISBN 13	9781860463617
ISBN 10	1860463614
Title	A Very Long Engagement
Author	Sebastien Japrisot
Series	Panther S
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	1997-10-01
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of Prix Interallie 1993
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