The Gravediggers' Bread by Frdric Dard
Putting dead bodies in the ground for a living could give anyone ideas... Blaise is out of work and down on his luck when a chance encounter with a beautiful blonde has him hooked. He'll do anything to stay by her side, even if it means working for her husband, a funeral director. But as everyone knows, three's a crowd.-
Squeaky Clean
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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
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Murder in the Crooked House
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The Master Key
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The Meiji Guillotine Murders
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The Spiral Staircase
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Paperboy
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The Lady Killer
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Murder in the House of Omari
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Bird in a Cage
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The Executioner Weeps
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The Wicked Go to Hell
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Resurrection Bay
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The Hotel of the Three Roses
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Clinch
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She Who Was No More
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Urgent Matters
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The King of Fools
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I Was Jack Mortimer
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Vertigo
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The Mystery of the Three Orchids
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The Paris Mysteries
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London in Black
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The Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths
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The Disappearance of Signora Giulia
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Nothing Can Hurt You Now
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Slugger
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Follow the Butterfly
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All Was Lost
"A neat little story, almost shockingly quickly presented - making it all the more effective - The Gravediggers' Bread is a quick but satisfying read" — Complete Review
" This is a true gem from the 1950s now available in English. Imagine James M. Cain: with a
touch of (literal!) 'graveyard humor.'" — Popular Culture Association Recommended Reading List
Praise for Dard's thrillers:
'The French master of noir' Observer
'Disturbing from the outset with strong echoes of Dard's hero Simenon' Sunday Times Crime Club (star pick)
'Spellbinding' Wall Street Journal
'Melancholy and atmospheric, with a twist worthy of Agatha Christie at her devious best... classic French noir' Guardian
'Alongside the Maigret novels of Georges Simenon there is a rich vein of period French crime still to be tapped. Frédéric Dard is a case in point' Daily Mail
" This is a true gem from the 1950s now available in English. Imagine James M. Cain: with a
touch of (literal!) 'graveyard humor.'" — Popular Culture Association Recommended Reading List
Praise for Dard's thrillers:
'The French master of noir' Observer
'Disturbing from the outset with strong echoes of Dard's hero Simenon' Sunday Times Crime Club (star pick)
'Spellbinding' Wall Street Journal
'Melancholy and atmospheric, with a twist worthy of Agatha Christie at her devious best... classic French noir' Guardian
'Alongside the Maigret novels of Georges Simenon there is a rich vein of period French crime still to be tapped. Frédéric Dard is a case in point' Daily Mail
Frédéric Dard (1921-2000) was one of the best known and loved French crime writers of the twentieth century. Enormously prolific, he wrote more than three hundred thrillers, suspense stories, plays and screenplays, under a variety of noms de plume, throughout his long and illustrious career, which also saw him win the 1957 Grand prix de littérature policière for The Executioner Weeps. Dard's Bird in a Cage, The Wicked Go to Hell, Crush, The Executioner Weeps and The King of Fools are also available or forthcoming from Pushkin Vertigo.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781782272014 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782272011 |
| Title | The Gravediggers' Bread |
| Author | Frdric Dard |
| Series | Pushkin Vertigo Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2018-06-28 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |