A couple this week from Pascal Garnier, a French author
sadly no longer with us.
Too Close to the Edge and The Eskimo Solution are the 8th
and 9th translated Garnier works from Gallic Press (cheers to them
for the copies).
I'm a firm fan of Garnier having previously enjoyed...
Pascal Garnier died in 2010, aged 60.
I'm looking forward to these two bad boys soon.
A widow's quiet retirement in the foothills of the Alps is
turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious stranger. Recently widowed
grandmother Eliette is returning to her home in the mountains when her
micro-car breaks down. A stranger comes to her aid on foot. Eliette offers him
a lift, glad of the interruption to her humdrum routine. That night, her
neighbours' son is killed in a road accident. Could the tragedy be linked to
the arrival of her good Samaritan?
The Eskimo Solution (2016)
A crime writer uses the modest advance on his latest novel
to rent a house on the Normandy coast.
There should be little to distract him from his work besides
walks on the windswept beach, but as he begins to tell the tale of
forty-something Louis - who, after dispatching his own mother, goes on to
relieve others of their burdensome elderly relations - events in his own life
begin to overlap with the work of his imagination.
Oh, I want to read those, too, Col! Garnier did some terrific noir, didn't he? I'll be keen to know what you think of these when you get there.
ReplyDeleteI knew you were a Garnier fan Margot! Happy days. I like the fact that his books are relatively short; no using 50 words when just a couple will suffice.
DeleteI'm looking forward to these too. Pascal Garnier tends not to be much noticed over here, alas.
ReplyDeleteAn acquired taste perhaps, but once read not easily forgotten.
DeleteAn author I've been meaning to try for ages...
ReplyDeleteHop to it then Moira! They aren't long books at all.
DeleteI still haven't got around to reading Pascal Garnier's fiction. Thanks for the reminder, Col.
ReplyDeletePrashant I hope you get to him at some point.
DeleteI will be trying this author. Glen has read one book by him, but I forget which one.
ReplyDeleteI really like his books, hopefully you will too.
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