![]() ![]() The first crime scene set the tone for the murders. Instinctively, he was reminded of Goya’s painting ” Satan devouring his son ” Hardly had he taken three paces into the room than he found himself faced with a scene he could not imagined even in his worst nightmares : severed fingers ,torrents of clotted blood, the stench of excrement and gutted entrails. He has so far written five books in the Verhoeven series and three stand alone novels one of which won the Prix Goncourt the most respected prize in french lit. He has described his own work as a permanent “exercise admiration of literature”. Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris and had taught literature for many year ,before becoming a novelist. ![]() ![]() So I thought I’d wait as I had seen on franks website he was doing this the first book in the series. Well I was sent Alex last year and was just on the Verge of reading it when I heard mention it was the second book about commandant Verhoeven. Ralph waldo Emerson from Quote dictionary “There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right and, again, making all crime mean and ugly” IRÈNE by Pierre Lemaitre French crime Novel Original title – Travail soigné Translator – Frank Wynne Source – from translator ![]()
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