Moon in a Dead Eye: Shocking, Hilarious and Poignant Noir - by Pascal Garnier (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A dark tale of life in a southern French retirement village.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Combines a sense of the surreal with a ruthless wit.--<i>The Observer</i></p><p>Given the choice, Martial would not have moved to Les Conviviales. But Odette loved the idea of a new retirement village in the south of France. So that was that.</p><p>At first it feels like a terrible mistake: they're the only residents and it's raining nonstop. Then three neighbors arrive, the sun comes out, and life becomes far more interesting and agreeable.</p><p>Until, that is, some gypsies set up camp just outside their gated community . . .</p><p><b>Pascal Garnier</b> is a leading figure in contemporary French literature. He died in 2010.</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'Blood-boltered and agonizingly hilarious' <strong>John Banville, <em>New York Review of Books</em> </strong></p> <p>'Garnier plunges you into a bizarre, overheated world, seething death, writing, fictions and philosophy. He's a trippy, sleazy, sly and classy read' <strong>A. L. Kennedy</strong> </p> <p>'Tense, strange, disconcerting and slyly funny, this is - for such a short book - richly satisfying. The characters, all original and convincing, are deftly -realised, and the story exerts a compelling grip... His mordant literary edge makes these succinct novels stimulating and rewarding. We can only hope that more appear soon' <strong><em>Sunday Times </em></strong></p> <p>'The final descent into violence is worthy of J G Ballard' (4 stars)<strong><em> The Independent </em></strong></p> <p>'A master of the surreal noir thriller - Luis Buñuel meets Georges Simenon' <strong><em>TLS </em></strong></p> <p>'A mixture of Albert Camus and JG Ballard'<strong><em> Financial Times </em></strong></p> <p>'Fuses dark comedy and existential despair ... a takedown of the haughty residents of an exclusive retirement community. All that's needed is a caravan of Gypsies to turn these smug provincials into savage beasts' <strong>Marilyn Stasio, <em>New York Times</em> </strong></p> <p>'Garnier (1949-2010) packs humor, insights into aging, and a darkly pessimistic assessment of mankind into this slender crime novel' <strong>Publishers Weekly </strong></p> <p>'Arch and lyrical ... a funny and outlandish story' <strong>Crime Thriller Fella </strong></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Pascal Garnier: Pascal Garnier is a leading figure in contemporary French literature, in the tradition of Georges<br>Simenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardèche devoting himself to writing and painting. Garnier died in March 2010.<br>Emily Boyce: Emily Boyce is in-house translator for Gallic Books. She lives in London <p/>
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