Isbn: 9781925498264 - the disappearance of adele bedeau (4 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From the author of the Man Booker-longlisted His Bloody Project, a debut novel that is both a noir masterpiece and a captivating psychological thriller.Manfred Baumann is a loner. He has always lived in the nondescript French town of Saint-Louis. Shy and awkward, a man of habit, he spends his days working in the local bank and his evenings in the drab Restaurant de la Cloche where he can surreptitiously observe Ad le Bedeau, its sullen but alluring waitress. Until, one day, Ad le vanishes.Georges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate. Manfred is rattled, and the careful routine of his life starts to crumble around him. And that's when he meets Alice Tarrou.Graeme Macrae Burnet's spellbinding debut novel The Disappearance of Ad le Bedeau is an intimate portrayal of an outsider in a small community, of a man who cannot shake the feeling he is always being watched, whose every moment is determined by the catastrophic secrets of his past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 244 pages. Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, he spends his evenings quietly drinking and surreptitiously observing Adle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at a drab bistro in the unremarkable small Fren ch town of Saint-Louis. But one day, she simply vanishes into thin air. When Geo rges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate the girl?s disappearance, Manfred?s represse d world is shaken to its core and he is forced to confront the dark secrets of h is past. ?The Disappearance of Adle Bedeau? is a literary mystery novel that is, at heart, an engrossing psychological portrayal of an outsider pushed to the li mit by his own feverish imagination.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From the author of the Man Booker-longlisted His Bloody Project, a debut novel that is both a noir masterpiece and a captivating psychological thriller.Manfred Baumann is a loner. He has always lived in the nondescript French town of Saint-Louis. Shy and awkward, a man of habit, he spends his days working in the local bank and his evenings in the drab Restaurant de la Cloche where he can surreptitiously observe Ad le Bedeau, its sullen but alluring waitress. Until, one day, Ad le vanishes.Georges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate. Manfred is rattled, and the careful routine of his life starts to crumble around him. And that's when he meets Alice Tarrou.Graeme Macrae Burnet's spellbinding debut novel The Disappearance of Ad le Bedeau is an intimate portrayal of an outsider in a small community, of a man who cannot shake the feeling he is always being watched, whose every moment is determined by the catastrophic secrets of his past. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From the author of the Man Booker-longlisted His Bloody Project, a debut novel that is both a noir masterpiece and a captivating psychological thriller.Manfred Baumann is a loner. He has always lived in the nondescript French town of Saint-Louis. Shy and awkward, a man of habit, he spends his days working in the local bank and his evenings in the drab Restaurant de la Cloche where he can surreptitiously observe Ad le Bedeau, its sullen but alluring waitress. Until, one day, Ad le vanishes.Georges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate. Manfred is rattled, and the careful routine of his life starts to crumble around him. And that's when he meets Alice Tarrou.Graeme Macrae Burnet's spellbinding debut novel The Disappearance of Ad le Bedeau is an intimate portrayal of an outsider in a small community, of a man who cannot shake the feeling he is always being watched, whose every moment is determined by the catastrophic secrets of his past. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…