The Gravediggers' Bread (Pushkin Vertigo) - Softcover

Frédéric Dard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782272011 ISBN 13: 9781782272014

Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo, 2018

Synopsis

'The French master of noir' Observer

Putting dead bodies in the ground for a living could give anyone ideas...

Blaise is out of work and down on his luck when a chance encounter with a beautiful blonde has him hooked. He'll do anything to stay by her side, even if it means working for her husband, a funeral director. But as everyone knows, three's a crowd.

About this title

Review:

'The French master of noir' -- Observer

'Disturbing from the outset with strong echoes of Dard's hero Simenon' -- Sunday Times Crime Club (star pick)

'Spellbinding' -- Wall Street Journal

'Melancholy and atmospheric, with a twist worthy of Agatha Christie at her devious best... classic French noir' --Guardian

'Alongside the Maigret novels of Georges Simenon there is a rich vein of period French crime still to be tapped. Frédéric Dard is a case in point' -- Daily Mail

'It's exceedingly clever - when surprising things happen they slap you in the face for being so obvious, so necessary and so vital yet so surprising at the same time, and you can only squirm more enjoyably into your seat as you read on' -- Bookbag

'Classic noir fare - obsession and murder at its heart - and with enough twists and turns (all done rather well) to keep the pages turning and make you race feverishly towards the end' --Radhika's Reading Retreat (blog)

'A neat little story, almost shockingly quickly presented - making it all the more effective - The Gravediggers' Bread is a quick but satisfying read' -- Complete Review

'Striking... each plot twist is superbly executed' -- Mysteries Ahoy! (blog)

'This short, sly novel of the night has more than enough substance and mystery to keep readers awake and engrossed' -- The National

'No question: for me, he was the greatest' --Philippe Geluck

About the Author:

Frédéric Dard (1921-2000) was one of the best known and loved French crime writers of the twentieth century. Enormously prolific, he wrote more than three hundred thrillers, suspense stories, plays and screenplays, under a variety of noms de plume, throughout his long and illustrious career, which also saw him win the 1957 Grand prix de littérature policière for The Executioner Weeps. Dard's Bird in a Cage, The Wicked Go to Hell, Crush, The Executioner Weeps and The King of Fools are also available or forthcoming from Pushkin Vertigo.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1782272011
• ISBN 13: 9781782272014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160