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Woods at Ardennes, setting of Three Days and A Life by Pierre Lemaitre

Three Days And A Life by Pierre Lemaitre: a lifetime of guilt

April 16, 2021April 27, 2021 BookerTalk 13 Comments French authors, Pierre Lemaitre

Three Days And A Life was a book that almost left the house unread. I’d read a previous novel by

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A Meal In Winter by Hubert Mingarelli: Dark and Chilling

November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 BookerTalk 14 Comments French authors, Hubert Mingarelli, Novellas in November

A Meal in Winter is a chilling novella of three German soldiers faced with a moral dilemma: save one man or save themselves.

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Maigret And The Headless Corpse by Georges Simenon

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 BookerTalk 13 Comments crime fiction, French authors, Georges Simenon, Inspector Maigret

George Simenon’s celebrated Inspector Maigret series has kept me company during many treadmill miles and hotel nights. I’ve never read

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Desperation Drives Ageing Woman To Seek Refuge [book review]

September 27, 2019September 11, 2019 BookerTalk 45 Comments Eric Faye, French authors

Nagasaki by Eric Faye All the lonely peopleWhere do they all come from?All the lonely peopleWhere do they all belong?

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Hell’s Gate by Laurent Gaudé [Review]

April 27, 2017April 28, 2017 BookerTalk 18 Comments French authors, Laurent Gaude

An intense and compelling read that seamlessly weaves fantasy with reality.

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