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The Accident on the A35: An Inspector Gorski Investigation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781628729832)
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xA Wall Street Journal Best Mystery of 2018
A GUARDIAN BEST CRIME BOOK AND THRILLER FOR 2017
Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award for 2018 The Accident on the A35 returns to the scene of Burnet's accomplished first novel, The Disappearance of Ad le Bedeau: the small French town of Saint-Louis. Detective Gorski is called away from his night of solitary drinking to the site of a car accident that left Bertrand Barthelme, a respected solicitor, dead. When the deceased's rather attractive wife suggests that the crash may not have been an accident, Gorski looks closer into Barthelme's circumspect movements on the night of his death. His investigation leads him to various bars, hotels, and brothels in the nearby city of Strasbourg. At the same time, Barthelme's rebellious son, drunk on Jean Paul Sartre novels, is conducting an investigation of his own. Their independent, dual inquiries lead the reader down a twisted road marked by seedy back rooms, bar brawls, a moment of accidental incest, and--as we have come to expect from Burnet--copious amounts of wine. The Accident on the A35 is a darkly humorous, subtle, and sophisticated novel that burrows into the psyches of its characters and explores the dark corners of life in a sleepy town.
Author: Graeme MacRae Burnet
ISBN-10: 162872983X
ISBN-13: 9781628729832
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2018
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
Library Journal 10/01/2018 pg. 47
A GUARDIAN BEST CRIME BOOK AND THRILLER FOR 2017
Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award for 2018 The Accident on the A35 returns to the scene of Burnet's accomplished first novel, The Disappearance of Ad le Bedeau: the small French town of Saint-Louis. Detective Gorski is called away from his night of solitary drinking to the site of a car accident that left Bertrand Barthelme, a respected solicitor, dead. When the deceased's rather attractive wife suggests that the crash may not have been an accident, Gorski looks closer into Barthelme's circumspect movements on the night of his death. His investigation leads him to various bars, hotels, and brothels in the nearby city of Strasbourg. At the same time, Barthelme's rebellious son, drunk on Jean Paul Sartre novels, is conducting an investigation of his own. Their independent, dual inquiries lead the reader down a twisted road marked by seedy back rooms, bar brawls, a moment of accidental incest, and--as we have come to expect from Burnet--copious amounts of wine. The Accident on the A35 is a darkly humorous, subtle, and sophisticated novel that burrows into the psyches of its characters and explores the dark corners of life in a sleepy town.
Author: Graeme MacRae Burnet
ISBN-10: 162872983X
ISBN-13: 9781628729832
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2018
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
Library Journal 10/01/2018 pg. 47
By Graeme MacRae Burnet
xGraeme Macrae Burnet is one of Scotland's brightest literary talents. His second novel, His Bloody Project, was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Graeme's first novel, The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau came out from Arcade Publishing in 2017. Graeme was born and brought up in Kilmarnock and has lived in Prague, Bordeaux, Porto, and London. He now lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
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