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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...