Horseman, Pass by - Couverture souple

Crackanthorpe, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747222509 ISBN 13 : 9780747222507

Editeur : Headline Review, 2000

Synopsis

Avenging the murder of his father by wartime collaborators, French lawyer Bernard Vipont secretly reclaims art treasures stolen from Jews. Finally he stumbles into a maze of deceit even he cannot escape from, one strangely linked to the sexual fixation that forces him to enact the same bizarre ritual, night after night.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

A tightly woven thriller (DAILY MAIL)

'The French background and the personalities are intelligently conceived and fleshed out' The Times

A stylish novel of intrigue from the highly acclaimed author of STOLEN MARCHES (PUBLISHING NEWS)

'Beguiling... the ingenious and fresh plotting is matched by a fastidious and striking craftsmanship in its use of language... This is no ordinary thriller, and the narrative functions on a number of levels: not least the authoritative creation of Vipont as a powerfully conflicted protagonist... A highly unusual novel' Good Book Guide/Crime Time

The French background and the personalities are intelligently conceived and fleshed out (THE TIMES)

'A stylish novel of intrigue from the highly acclaimed author of STOLEN MARCHES' Publishing News

'Again set in France, his second novel is an accomplished thriller featuring a bourgeois Marseilles lawyer bent on retribution for wartime collaboration' Bookseller

A thoughtful and evocative reminder of how the mid-century upheaval of the war still casts a dark, foreboding shadow over France...Crackanthorpe's first novel, STOLEN MARCHES, stood critical comparison with Sebastian Faulks' BIRDSONG; this might be compared with CHARLOTTE GRAY (BOOKSELLER)

`An intricate and topical plot' (TIMES METRO)

'...a thoughtful and evocative reminder of how the mid-century upheaval of the war still casts a dark, foreboding shadow over France...Crackanthorpe's first novel, Stolen Marches, stood critical comparison with Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong; this might be compared with Charlotte Gray, and should appeal to the same market' The Bookseller

Présentation de l'éditeur

Marseilles, 1975. Bernard Vipont is a successful lawyer, but beneath his bourgeois surface lurk darker passions. His father having been killed by collaborators during the war, he has been waging a clandestine campaign of retribution ever since, reappropriating art treasures stolen from Jews. But when he discovers a stolen masterpiece in a monastery, he may have stumbled into a maze of deceit and betrayal that even his ingenuity cannot extricate him from. A maze that seems curiously linked to his other obsession - the sexual fixation that forces him to enact a bizarre ritual in Madame Gazhakian's high-class brothel...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Headline Review
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747222509
• ISBN 13: 9780747222507
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible