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How's The Pain?: Shocking, Hilarious And Poignant Noir

by Pascal Garnier

2021-02-01 04:02:36

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Deliciously dark ... painfully funny'' New York Times ''Action-packed and full of gallows humour'' Sunday Telegraph Death is Simon''s business. And now the ageing vermin exterminator is preparing to die. But he still has one last job down on the coa... Read more
Deliciously dark ... painfully funny'' New York Times ''Action-packed and full of gallows humour'' Sunday Telegraph Death 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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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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