Pascal Garnier
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
'Shifting from psychological thriller to absurd road trip tinged with black humor, A Long Way Off is the odyssey of an anti-hero' France-Amérique
'Rich and abundant in dark comedy' Strong Words Magazine
'Masterly' John Banville
'Wonderful . . . properly noir' Ian Rankin
Marc
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Series
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Death is Simon's business. And now the aging 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...
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Gabriel is a stranger in a small Breton town. Nobody knows where he came from or why he's here. Yet his small acts of kindness, and exceptional cooking, quickly earn him acceptance from the locals. His new friends grow fond of Gabriel, who seems as reserved and benign as the toy panda he wins at the funfair. But unlike Gabriel, the fluffy toy is not haunted by his past...
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A widow's quiet retirement in the foothills of the Alps is turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious stranger. Recently widowed grandmother Éliette is returning to her home in the mountains when her micro-car breaks down. A stranger comes to her aid on foot. Éliette offers him a lift, glad of the interruption to her humdrum routine. That night, her neighbours' son is killed in a road accident. Could the tragedy be linked to the arrival of...
5) C'est la vie
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Writer Jeff Colombier is not accustomed to success. Twice divorced with a grown-up son he barely sees, he drinks too much and his books don't sell. Then he wins a big literary prize and his life changes for ever. Overwhelmed by his newfound wealth and happiness, he feels the need to escape and recapture his lost youth, taking his son, Damien, with him. And if shady characters lead them down ever more dangerous paths-- well, c'est la vie"--Page 4...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Marc dreams of going somewhere, far far away--but he'll start by taking his cat and his grown-up daughter, Anne, to an out-of-season resort on the Channel. Reluctant to go home, the curious threesome head south for Agen, whose main claim to fame is its prunes. As their impromptu road trip takes ever stranger turns, the trail of destruction--and mysterious disappearances--mounts up in their wake."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Gallic noir ; 2
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Garnier's crime novels add significantly to the latest renaissance for this type of dark narrative.' Publishers Weekly Volume 2 includes The Front Seat Passenger, in which Fabien discovers his wife died in a car accident alongside her lover, and decides to track down that man's widow; Moon in a Dead Eye, in which the paranoia of the residents of a gated retirement village in the south of France spins out of control; The Islanders, whose protagonist...
Author
Series
Gallic noir ; 3
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Garnier's grisly short novels weave a profound and darkly comic tapestry of human experience. Volume 3 includes: The Eskimo Solution, which combines the story of a struggling writer with excerpts of the crime novel he's writing, which will spill over into his own life; Low Heights, in which a cantankerous retiree falls for his nurse and finds himself confronted with a man claiming to be his long-lost son . . . but the family reunion is threatened...
