The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère - ISBN: 9781784705800
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Respectable doctor, loving family… or cold-blooded killer hiding monstrous lies?

The Adversary

A True Story of Monstrous Deception

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2017

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Summary

A true story of monstrous deception, from France’s greatest living writer.

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

“The story told here is beyond the imagination of even the best crime writer.” - Sunday Times

On the Saturday morning of January 9, 1993, while Jean Claude Romand was killing his wife and children, I was with mine in a parent-teacher meeting…

With these chilling first words, acclaimed master of psychological suspense, Emmanuel Carrère, be…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784705800
ISBN-10:1784705802
Author:Emmanuel Carrère
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:15 July 2017
Weight:151g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 14mm
Series:Everyman's Library Classics
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Critics Review

A disturbing look at the dark side of human nature that is powerfully written and beautifully told

A disturbing look at the dark side of human nature that is powerfully written and beautifully told – Louis TherouxThe story told here is truly beyond the imagination for even the best crime writer * Sunday Times *The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King * People *He’s the best kind of writer, not just a bestseller but a man who is not afraid to leave the comfort zone of his desk, go out into the world, take risks, and get his shoes dirty * Observer *Unputdownable… Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood * Washington Post *A triumph of insight and concision, brilliant both as a psychological study and as the portrayal of a community * Independent on Sunday *A masterpiece… It’s a level of moral discomfort almost without equal in literature * New York Times *Savagely intense and utterly compelling… This is his paciest and cleanest-cut book…few books could better deserve a second chance to find new readers * Sunday Times *The Adversary is exactly the idea I have of a modern novel: struggling deftly with facts and with itselfAn absolutely stunning piece of work, totally involving and unforgettable * Evening Standard *

About The Author

Emmanuel Carrère

Emmanuel Carrère is a novelist, journalist, screenwriter and film director. He is the award-winning, internationally renowned author of sixteen books, including V13, Limonov, The Kingdom, 97,196 Words, Yoga and the Sunday Times bestselling The Adversary.

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