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The disappearance of Adèle Bedeau : a historical thriller / by Raymond Brunet ; translated and with an afterword by Graeme Macrae Burnet.
"From the author of the Man Booker Prize Finalist, His Bloody Project comes a haunting literary mystery and engrossing psychological thriller"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781510723092 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 225 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First Arcade Publishing edition.
- Publisher: New York : Arcade Publishing, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published 2014 in the UK by Contraband, an imprint of Saraband"--Title page verso. The "Translator's afterword" information about the publication history of the book and the biography of the Raymond Brunet is fictitious and part of the novel. |
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| Subject: | Bankers > Fiction Disappeared persons > Fiction. France > Fiction |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"From the author of the Man Booker Prize Finalist, His Bloody Project comes a haunting literary mystery and engrossing psychological thriller"-- - Baker & Taylor
When an alluring waitress named Adele Bedeau vanishes into thin air, Detective Georges Gorski, haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, sets his sights on socially awkward loner Manfred Baumann. By the author of the Man Booker Prize finalistHis Bloody Project . 40,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
After a waitress at a local bistro disappears, detective Georges Gorski is called in to investigate as he sets his sights on Manfred Baumann, a loner who spends evenings at the bistro, as Baumann's careful demeanor appears to unravel under the watch of the detective. - Perseus PublishingFrom the author of the Man Booker Prize Finalist His Bloody Project comes a haunting literary mystery and engrossing psychological thriller.
- Perseus Publishing
"A stylish, atmospheric mystery with a startling twist . . . satisfies like Simenon and surprises like Ruth Rendell. I can't give it any higher praise."--NPR
Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, he spends his evenings quietly drinking and surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at a drab bistro in the unremarkable small French town of Saint-Louis. One day, she simply vanishes into thin air and Georges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate the girl's disappearance. He sets his sights on Manfred.
As Manfred cowers beneath Gorski's watchful eye, the murderous secrets of his past begin to catch up with him and his carefully crafted veneer of normalcy falters. His booze-soaked unraveling carries him from Saint-Louis to the back alleys of Strasbourg. Graeme Macrae Burnet's masterful play on literary form featuring an unreliable narrator makes for a grimly entertaining psychological thriller that questions if it is possible, or even desirable, to know another man's mind. - Simon and Schuster
"A stylish, atmospheric mystery with a startling twist . . . satisfies like Simenon and surprises like Ruth Rendell. I can't give it any higher praise."--NPR
Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, he spends his evenings quietly drinking and surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at a drab bistro in the unremarkable small French town of Saint-Louis. One day, she simply vanishes into thin air and Georges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate the girl's disappearance. He sets his sights on Manfred.
As Manfred cowers beneath Gorski's watchful eye, the murderous secrets of his past begin to catch up with him and his carefully crafted veneer of normalcy falters. His booze-soaked unraveling carries him from Saint-Louis to the back alleys of Strasbourg. Graeme Macrae Burnet's masterful play on literary form featuring an unreliable narrator makes for a grimly entertaining psychological thriller that questions if it is possible, or even desirable, to know another man's mind.
