Monsieur Malauss�ne - Softcover

Pennac, Daniel

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ISBN 10: 1843430207 ISBN 13: 9781843430209

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2003

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Parisian scapegoat Benjamin Malauss�ne, along with his family of half sisters and brothers, are once again the target for a series of increasingly catastrophic mishaps that culminate in Malauss�ne’s imprisonment on 21 counts of murder. Meanwhile, the real serial killer remains at large. In this sprawling thriller, which brings the Belleville Quintet” to a close, Pennac has allowed his unique imagination to run riot. From the art of the tattoo to cinema history, from the intricacies of cutting-edge surgery to the wonders of the wines of Jura, this extraordinary crime caper has something for everyone. Daniel Pennac’s Belleville Quintet,” a cult success in France, also includes The Scapegoat, The Fairy Gunmother, Passion Fruit, and Write to Kill.

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About the Author:

DANIEL PENNAC was born in Casablanca in 1944, his father being in the army. He travelled widely in his youth, in Europe, Asia and Africa, and has been employed in a number of capacities, including woodcutter, Paris cab driver, illustrator and schoolteacher. His "Belleville Quintet", written round the character of Benjamin Malauss-ne has been published in many languages.

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Literature's oddest family gathers for one final blowout in the finale to Pennac's outlandish and utterly compelling Belleville Quintet. Hapless Benjamin Malaussene, eternal scapegoat and head of household to a collection of eccentric siblings, one very peculiar dog, and sundry low-life hangers-on from the multiethnic smorgasbord that is Paris' Belleville arrondissement, is in deep trouble, yet again, accused this time of no less than 21 murders. Yes, there is a serial killer on the loose through most of this tale, but remarkably, that plot strand seems almost incidental in a sprawling melange that encompasses the history of the cinema, tattoo artistry, wine appreciation, and, of course, the sights, sounds, and smells of Paris. And even all of that, fascinating as it is, remains subordinate to the Malaussenes themselves, whose machinations and interrelations take the idea of the alternative family to an all-new level, where slapstick, absurdity, and catastrophe know no bounds--and where somehow tenderness and love survive in the midst of a brand of chaos so perfectly all-consuming as to be almost sublime. Bill Ott
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