Moon in a Dead Eye

"Combines a sense of the surreal with a ruthless wit."—The Observer

Given the choice, Martial would not have moved to Les Conviviales. But Odette loved the idea of a new retirement village in the south of France. So that was that.

At first it feels like a terrible mistake: they're the only residents and it's raining nonstop. Then three neighbors arrive, the sun comes out, and life becomes far more interesting and agreeable.

Until, that is, some gypsies set up camp just outside their gated community . . .

Pascal Garnier is a leading figure in contemporary French literature. He died in 2010.

Pascal Garnier: Pascal Garnier is a leading figure in contemporary French literature, in the tradition of Georges
Simenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardèche devoting himself to writing and painting. Garnier died in March 2010.
Emily Boyce: Emily Boyce is in-house translator for Gallic Books. She lives in London