Going to the Dogs
Going to the Dogs
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Summary
Going to the Dogs is a dark and thrilling ride marking the award-winning Pierre Lemaitre's triumphant return to crime thriller, with the most unlikely of killers.
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Going to the Dogs by Pierre Lemaitre
Mathilde has always been a headstrong woman. A member of the French resistance when she was just eighteen years old, she both impressed and horrified everyone with her cool capacity for violence. Now it is 1985 and Mathilde is in her sixties. She is not as glamorous as she once was, but she continues to take great pride in all that she does. Recently, however, the sixty-three-year-old has been affected by loss of memory and erratic changes in mood that even her exasperated dog Ludo has noticed. This is a potentially dangerous situation, since Mathilde now makes her living as a contract killer...
A total success; wonderful language and a perfect plot * Canard Enchainé *
Delightful, hilarious and utterly wicked * Biblioteca *
A jubilant, dynamic and wacky thriller * Le Régional *
A really excellent suspense novelist -- Stephen King
Dark, very funny and completely unexpected * Madame Figaro *
A treat from start to finish * La Croix *
Delightful, hilarious and utterly wicked * Biblioteca *
A jubilant, dynamic and wacky thriller * Le Régional *
A really excellent suspense novelist -- Stephen King
Dark, very funny and completely unexpected * Madame Figaro *
A treat from start to finish * La Croix *
Pierre Lemaitre is an internationally renowned French author who was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, for his novel The Great Swindle, and has three times won the C.W.A. International Dagger.
Frank Wynne is an award-winning literary translator.He has translated works by Michel Houellebecq and Frédéric Beigbeder, and his translation of Vernon Subutex by Virginie Despentes was shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781914495250 |
| ISBN 10 | 191449525X |
| Title | Going to the Dogs |
| Author | Pierre Lemaitre |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2024-11-21 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |