The Islanders: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir
Language: English
Published by Gallic Books, 2014
- Softcover
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- Title
- The Islanders: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir
- Author
- Pascal Garnier
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Like New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1908313722
- ISBN 13
- 9781908313720
- Item weight
- 1,050 grams
"Dark enough to sink the hook deep into fans of noir."—Publishers Weekly
Just before Christmas in Versailles. Olivier has come to bury his mother, but the impending holidays and icy conditions have delayed the funeral.
While trapped in limbo at his mother's flat, a chance encounter brings Olivier back in touch with childhood friend Jeanne and her blind brother, Rodolphe.
Rodolphe suggests they have dinner together, along with a homeless man he's taken in. As the wine flows, dark secrets are spilled, and there's more than just hangovers to deal with the next morning . . .
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About the Author
Pascal Garnier, who died in March 2010, was a talented novelist, short story writer, children’s author and painter. From his home in the mountains of the Ardèche, he wrote fiction in a noir palette with a cast of characters drawn from ordinary provincial life. Though his writing is often very dark in tone, it sparkles with quirkily beautiful imagery and dry wit. Garnier’s work has been likened to the great thriller writer, Georges Simenon.
Emily Boyce is a translator and editor. She was shortlisted for the French Book Office New Talent in Translation Award in 2008, the French-American Translation Prize in 2016, and the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 2021. She lives in London.
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