| Article 353 Contributor(s): Viel, Tanguy (Author), Rodarmor, William (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1590519337 ISBN-13: 9781590519332 Publisher: Other Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Noir - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Legal |
| Dewey: 843.914 |
| LCCN: 2018028886 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.35 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Best International Crime Novel of the Year - Crime Reads / Lit Hub This atmospheric noir novel retraces the steps that led to a murder off the coast of Brittany, probing the relationship between law and justice. In a depressed town on France's northern coast, a man named Martial Kermeur has been arrested for the murder of real estate developer Antoine Lazenec after throwing him overboard. Called before a judge, Kermeur goes back to the beginning to explain what brought him to this desperate point: his divorce, his son's acting out, layoffs at his job, and, above all, Lazenec's dazzling project for a seaside resort. The temptation to invest all of your severance pay in a beautiful apartment with a view of the sea is great. But still, it has to be built. In this subtle, enthralling novel, Tanguy Viel examines not only the psychology of a crime, but also the larger social ills that may offer its justification. |