Horseman, Pass by by David Crackanthorpe
Marseilles, 1975. Bernard Vipont is a successful lawyer, but beneath his bourgeois surface lurk darker passions. His father having been killed by collaborators during the war, he has been waging a clandestine campaign of retribution ever since, reappropriating art treasures stolen from Jews. But when he discovers a stolen masterpiece in a monastery, he may have stumbled into a maze of deceit and betrayal that even his ingenuity cannot extricate him from. A maze that seems curiously linked to his other obsession - the sexual fixation that forces him to enact a bizarre ritual in Madame Gazhakian's high-class brothel...
A tightly woven thriller - DAILY MAILA stylish novel of intrigue from the highly acclaimed author of STOLEN MARCHES - PUBLISHING NEWSThe French background and the personalities are intelligently conceived and fleshed out - THE TIMESA thoughtful and evocative reminder of how the mid-century upheaval of the war still casts a dark, foreboding shadow over France..Crackanthorpe's first novel, STOLEN MARCHES, stood critical comparison with Sebastian Faulks' BIRDSONG; this might be compared with CHARLOTTE GRAY - BOOKSELLER,An intricate and topical plot' - TIMES METRO
David Crackanthorpe was born at Newbiggin, Westmoreland, where his family had lived for some eight hundred years. He studied law at Oxford and practised as a barrister in London. He now lives in France where he has worked as a forester, gardener and cultivator of olive trees.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747260868 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747260869 |
| Title | Horseman, Pass by |
| Author | David Crackanthorpe |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2001-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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