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The Executioner Weeps

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Zusatztext "With their tight plots! the stories are particularly cinematic! and film-makers are already showing interest. Dard also wrote screenplays and plays. Their revival could be just around the corner."  — The Observer  "A tragedy is inevitable! but the form it takes is hidden until the last gasp-inducing pages…a book that calls for tight nerves and a stiff drink." — Daily Mail "No question: for me! he was the greatest."  -  Philippe Geluck "His language is cutting! his point-of-view original and his verdict uncompromising... One of the few twentieth-century authors to win both critical acclaim and great popularity."  -  Solidarité Militaire "The literary descendant of Simenon and Celine."   - Le Figaro "France's most popular post-war author." - L'Express "searing! dark and economical … Dard … expertly blends glossy thrills! social commentary and escapist lust." — Hits the Fan  blog "Fine! successful and compelling melodramatic crime noir."  — International Crime Fiction blog Informationen zum Autor 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 Cries , forthcoming from Pushkin Vertigo. Klappentext A man delves into his mysterious lover's past, with terrifying results - a prize-winning thriller from the French master of noirA man delves into his mysterious lover's past, with terrifying results - a prize-winning thriller from the French master of noir Zusammenfassung A man delves into his mysterious lover's past, with terrifying results - a prize-winning thriller from the French master of noir...

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Authors David Coward, Frederic Dard, Frédéric Dard, Dard Frederic
Assisted by David Coward (Translation), David (Translator) Coward (Translation), Coward David (Translation)
Publisher Pushkin Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 31.03.2017
 
EAN 9781782272564
ISBN 978-1-78227-256-4
No. of pages 160
Dimensions 130 mm x 200 mm x 12 mm
Series Pushkin Vertigo
Pushkin Vertigo
Subjects Fiction > Suspense

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Classic crime, Classic crime and mystery fiction, crime; thriller; suspense

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