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OverviewWhen the night train pulled into Paris, she was dead. And the riddle began . . . A beautiful young woman lies sprawled on her berth in the sleeping car of the night train from Marseille to Paris. She is not in the embrace of sleep, or even in the arms of one of her many lovers. She is dead. And the unpleasant task of finding her killer is handed to overworked, crime-weary police detective Pierre 'Grazzi' Grazziano, who would rather play hide-and-seek with his little son than cat and mouse with a diabolically cunning, savage murderer. Sbastien Japrisot takes the reader on an express ride of riveting suspense that races through a Parisian landscape of lust, deception and death. With corpses turning up everywhere, the question becomes not only who is the killer, but who will be the next victim... 'A strongly plotted story of murder with a clever ironical ending...remarkable' Daily Telegraph 'It becomes more sensational with each chapter' Sunday Times 'Japrisot writes with warmth, and has a gift for rendering almost every character instantly likable' New Yorker 'Sbastien Japrisot's talents as a storyteller have something of magic about them. You have to wait until the last page to be liberated from his grasp' Quotidien de Paris Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sbastien Japrisot , Sbastien Japrisot , Francis Price , Gallic BooksPublisher: Gallic Books Imprint: Gallic Books ISBN: 9781910477939ISBN 10: 1910477931 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 06 August 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Utterly captivating' The Guardian 'The most welcome talent since the early Simenons' New York Times 'Japrisot might be called the Graham Greene of France' The Independent 'A cordon bleu mixture of suspense, sex, trick psychology and fast action' Publishers Weekly 'A classic of its kind, brewing up enormous pathos undiluted by sentimentality' Daily Telegraph 'Diabolically clever ... The reader is alternately impressed, beguiled, frightened, bewildered' Anita Brookner 'The narrative is brilliantly complex and beguiling, and the climax devastating' The Independent 'Riveting ... A fierce, elliptical novel that's both a gripping philosophical thriller and a highly moving meditation on the emotional consequences of war' New York Times 'A gripping tale of hatred, revenge, and lust ... A sinister spellbinder' Publishers Weekly 'Japrisot holds a unique place in contemporary fiction. With the quality and originality of his writing, he has hugely contributed to breaking down the barrier between crime fiction and literary fiction' Le Monde 'Unreeled with the taut, confident shaping of a grand master ... Funny, awful, first-rate. A rich and resonant sonata in black, astutely suspended between mythic tragedy and the grubby pathos of nagging everyday life' Kirkus Reviews 'A marvellous storyteller' Telerama Author InformationSbastien Japrisot was born in Marseille, France in 1931. He published his first novel, Les Mal Partis, when he was just 17. Japrisot translated the works of J. D. Salinger and pursued a successful career in advertising and publicity. He was a scriptwriter and the director of two films. His first crime novel, The Sleeping Car Murders, was received with great acclaim. His reputation as a master for crime fiction grew with the publication of The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, A Trap for Cinderella and Rider on the Rain. His novel One Deadly Summer was made into a film starring Isabelle Adjani. A Very Long Engagement was an international bestseller and won the Prix Interallie. He died in 2003. Francis Price is a translator. His translations include God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembne. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |