Too Close to the Edge Pascal Garnier

Name: Too Close to the Edge By Pascal Garnier
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Summary

A widow's quiet retirement in the foothills of the Alps is turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious stranger.

Too Close to the Edge Summary

Too Close to the Edge by Pascal Garnier

Recently widowed grandmother Eliette is returning to her house in the mountains when her car breaks down. A stranger offers help and Eliette gives him a lift, glad of the company and interruption to her routine.

A tale of retirement and calm domesticity, with a hint of menace about to explode.

Too Close to the Edge Reviews

Praise for Pascal Garnier:

'Masterly' John Banville

'Deliciously dark ... painfully funny' Marilyn Stasio, New York Times

'Only now working their way into English translation, Garnier's crime novels add significantly to the latest renaissance for this type of dark narrative.' Publishers Weekly

'Readers will relish the late Pascal Garnier's graveyard humorous dark French noir' Midwest Book
Review

'Tense, strange, disconcerting and slyly funny' Sunday Times

'The final descent into violence is worthy of J G Ballard. 4 stars' The Independent

'A master of the surreal noir thriller - Luis Bunuel meets Georges Simenon.' TLS

'Combines a sense of the surreal with a ruthless wit.' The Observer

About Pascal Garnier

Pascal Garnier: Pascal Garnier is a leading figure in contemporary French literature, in the tradition of GeorgesSimenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardeche devoting himself to writing and painting. Garnier died in March 2010. Emily Boyce: Emily Boyce is in-house translator for Gallic Books. She lives in London

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Sku

GOR007426209

ISBN 13

9781910477250

ISBN 10

1910477257

Title

Too Close to the Edge by Pascal Garnier

Author

Pascal Garnier

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Gallic Books

Year published

2016-06-01

Number of pages

248

Prizes

N/A

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