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Have Mercy on Us All
Fred Vargas
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Description for Have Mercy on Us All
Paperback. Joss le Guern is a town crier in Paris's 14th arrondissement. Over the course of a few days, however, a number of enigmatic and disturbing messages are slipped in to the daily news, and he becomes increasingly alarmed. In the course of his inquiries he begins to sense a sinister and often grotesque menace. Series: Commissaire Adamsberg. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Three times a day in a Parisian square, a curious modern-day crier announces the news items that are left in his box. Over the course of a few days he receives a number of disturbing and portentous messages of malicious intent, all of them referring to the Black Death. Strange marks have also appeared on the doors of several buildings: symbols once used to ward off the plague. Detective Commissaire Adamsberg begins to sense a connection, even a grotesque menace. Then charged and flea-bitten corpses are found. The press seizes on their plague-like symptoms, and the panic sets in.
Three times a day in a Parisian square, a curious modern-day crier announces the news items that are left in his box. Over the course of a few days he receives a number of disturbing and portentous messages of malicious intent, all of them referring to the Black Death. Strange marks have also appeared on the doors of several buildings: symbols once used to ward off the plague. Detective Commissaire Adamsberg begins to sense a connection, even a grotesque menace. Then charged and flea-bitten corpses are found. The press seizes on their plague-like symptoms, and the panic sets in.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Series
Commissaire Adamsberg
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099453642
SKU
9780099453642
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About Fred Vargas
Fred Vargas was born in Paris in 1957. A historian and archaeologist by profession, she is now a bestselling novelist. Her books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 45 languages.
Reviews for Have Mercy on Us All
One of the most fetchingly weird detectives...Adamsberg is a bit like Morse, but much more French. An unusual, eccentric thriller
Daily Telegraph
Fred Vargas has everything: complex and surprising plots, good pace, various and eccentric characters, a sense of place and history, individualized dialogue, wit and style
Times Literary Supplement
Moody, tense and grotesque, Vargas's prize-winning ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
Fred Vargas has everything: complex and surprising plots, good pace, various and eccentric characters, a sense of place and history, individualized dialogue, wit and style
Times Literary Supplement
Moody, tense and grotesque, Vargas's prize-winning ... Read more