The Islanders (eBook)

Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir

Pascal Garnier (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
135 Seiten
Pushkin Vertigo (Verlag)
978-1-80533-616-7 (ISBN)

Infos

It's a few days 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...

Autor

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2025
• Übersetzer: Emily Boyce
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: character-driven • childhood friends • Christmas • Contemporary fiction • Dark comedy • emotional turmoil • family secrets • Friendship • Funeral • holiday themes • Homelessness • human connection • intimate gatherings • Limbo • literary fiction • Mystery • Nostalgia • Personal Struggle • Poignant storytelling • psychological drama • relationships • Reunion • Self-discovery • Suspense • Versailles • wine • winter setting
• ISBN-10: 1-80533-616-9 / 1805336169
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80533-616-7 / 9781805336167