| Little Grey Lies Contributor(s): Kaddour, Hédi (Author), Fagan, Teresa Lavender (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0857424866 ISBN-13: 9780857424860 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: French List |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: London between the wars was a place of anxiety and uncertainty. After the postwar boom of the 1920s, the aftereffects of the stock market crash hit London, and, even as the fortunes of the aristocracy went into decline, there was hunger and a rising tide of virulent fascism. It is in this setting that Max, a French journalist looking for his next story, and Lena, an American singer, find themselves in H di Kaddour's Little Grey Lies. Once lovers, but now friends, Max and Lena travel with Lena's new man, Thibault, and with Max's barely masked jealousy. Then they meet the striking Colonel Strether, the epitome of military decorum and bearing. An aging war hero, Strether seems to Max to be his best chance at a story, but as the two men talk, it seems Stether may not be who he says he is and the old soldier's past begins to trouble Max and Lena as they crash forward through memories and truths not theirs. As in his other work, internationally renowned poet and novelist H di Kaddour offers shifting time-frames and kaleidoscopic viewpoints in a mannered metafictional thriller that bears comparison to both Robert Coover and John Le Carr . Little Grey Lies is historical suspense at its best. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender: - Teresa Lavender Fagan is a freelance translator living in Chicago; she has translated numerous books for the University of Chicago Press and other publishers. Kaddour, Hedi: - Hedi Kaddour is a professor of French literature at the New York University of France. |