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How's the Pain? [Editions Gallic]

by Pascal Garnier

2020-12-30 03:11:45

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One of the most remarkable and, in the English-speaking world at least, one of the most inexplicably underappreciated French writers of the twentieth century'' John BanvilleDeath is Simon''s business. And now the ageing vermin exterminator is prepari... Read more
One of the most remarkable and, in the English-speaking world at least, one of the most inexplicably underappreciated French writers of the twentieth century'' John BanvilleDeath is Simon''s business. And now the ageing vermin exterminator is preparing to die. But he still has one last job down on the coast, and he needs a driver.Bernard is twenty-one. He can drive and he''s never seen the sea. He can''t pass up the chance to chauffeur for Simon, whatever his mother may say. As the unlikely pair set off on their journey, Bernard soon finds that Simon''s definition of vermin is broader than he''d expected ... Veering from the hilarious to the horrific, this offbeat story from master stylist Pascal Garnier is at heart an affecting study of human frailty." Less

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Publication date November 3, 2020
Languageeng
ISBN9781913547042
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Pascal Garnier
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Pascal Garnier, who died in 2010, was a prolific author of books for adults and children, and a painter. He lived in the mountains of the Ardèche.Emily Boyce is a translator and editor at Gallic Book...

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