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Class Trip & the Mustache - by Emmanuel Carrère (Paperback)

Class Trip & the Mustache - by  Emmanuel Carrère (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Brought together in one volume, the piercing early novels of Emmanuel Carrre constitute some of the most devastating psychological portraits in contemporary fiction.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>La Moustache</i>--now a film directed by Emmanuel Carrère <p/>What would you say if I shaved off my mustache? asks <i>The Mustache</i>'s hero of his wife. Once removed, his wife and friends not only fail to recognize him, but deny the existence of the former mustache altogether. A metaphysical nightmare of the grandest kind, <i>The Mustache</i> is a stunning blend of absurdist comedy and philosophical speculation. <p/>In <i>Class Trip</i>, young Nicholas's vivid imagination gets the best of him when a boy disappears from a school excursion. What the youthful detective finds is even more terrifying than his wildest fantasties. <p/>Brought together in one volume, the piercing early novels of Emmanuel Carrère constitute some of the most devastating psychological portraits in contemporary fiction.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Fine and glossy and inexorable . . . Stunning." --<i>John Updike, The New Yorker</i> <p/>"Carrère has written a book that is likely to ensnare anyone who starts reading it--ingenious and authentically eerie." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"His command is total, his ear is perfect" --<i>The Star-Ledger (Newark)</i> <p/>"[A] singular method of storytelling . . . [a] masterstroke." --<i>Detroit Free Press</i> <p/>"Carrère is a master of high-standard deviation." --<i>Spin</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Emmanuel Carrère </b>is the author of <i>The Adversary, </i> the novel <i>Gothic Romance, </i>and, most recently, <i>I Am Alive and You are Dead</i>, a biography of Philip K. Dick. He lives in Paris, France.</p>

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