Low Heights: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir
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Low Heights: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir by Pascal Garnier
After losing his wife and suffering a stroke, douard has retired to the mountains with his nurse. One day a man arrives claiming to be his long-lost son. This seems to bring about a softening of douard's temper, but it isn't long before the local vultures begin to circle . . .
'Garnier plunges you into a bizarre, overheated world, seething death, writing, fictions and philosophyHe's a trippy, sleazy, sly and classy read' A. L. Kennedy; 'Horribly funny ... appalling and bracing in equal measure' John Banville; 'A mixture of Albert Camus and JG Ballard' Financial Times; 'A brilliant exercise in grim and gripping irony, it makes you grin as well as wince.' Sunday Telegraph; 'Deliciously dark ... painfully funny' New York Times
Pascal Garnier is a leading figure in contemporary
French literature, in the tradition of Georges
Simenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardü¾Ž†”¼che
devoting himself to writing and painting. Garnier
died in March 2010.
French literature, in the tradition of Georges
Simenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardü¾Ž†”¼che
devoting himself to writing and painting. Garnier
died in March 2010.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910477427 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910477427 |
| Title | Low Heights: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir |
| Author | Pascal Garnier |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gallic Books |
| Year published | 2017-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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