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The Fairy Gunmother
Daniel Pennac
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Description for The Fairy Gunmother
Paperback. Maybe the worst indignity for a Paris cop is to be shot dead by an old granny he is trying to help across the street in Paris on a frosty morning. An old lady needs protection with so many druggies around these days. Dressed as an elderly Vietnamese woman, Inspector Van Thian goes to investigate. Translator(s): Monk, Ian. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226.
A policeman on a mission of mercy is shot dead at point-blank range by a sweet old granny on a frosty morning. The neighbourhood, Paris's bubbling Belleville quarter, is already in uproar because half a dozen other grannies have been found with their shrivelled throats slit. Into this tense situation stumbles Benjamin Malaussène with an overly complicated life that includes his voluptuous red-haired girlfriend, Julie, and his smelly epileptic dog, Julius. Maniacally inventive - some have called it deranged - Pennac's creations in The Fairy Gunmother have achieved cult status all over Europe.
A policeman on a mission of mercy is shot dead at point-blank range by a sweet old granny on a frosty morning. The neighbourhood, Paris's bubbling Belleville quarter, is already in uproar because half a dozen other grannies have been found with their shrivelled throats slit. Into this tense situation stumbles Benjamin Malaussène with an overly complicated life that includes his voluptuous red-haired girlfriend, Julie, and his smelly epileptic dog, Julius. Maniacally inventive - some have called it deranged - Pennac's creations in The Fairy Gunmother have achieved cult status all over Europe.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860464454
SKU
V9781860464454
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Daniel Pennac
Daniel Pennac was born in Casablanca in 1944, his father being in the army. He travelled widely in his youth, in Europe, Asia and Africa, and has been employed in a number of capacities, including woodcutter, Paris cab driver, illustrator and schoolteacher. His "Belleville Quintet", written round the character of Benjamin Malaussène, has been published in many languages.
Reviews for The Fairy Gunmother
These are...classic page-turners, in which the loyalty and decency of ordinary (and not so ordinary) people contrive to vanquish villains and tyrants
Ruth Morse
Times Literary Supplement
Already a bestseller in its native country, it deserves to be one here if there's any justice in the world of crime
Maxim Jakubowski
Time Out
There ... Read more
Ruth Morse
Times Literary Supplement
Already a bestseller in its native country, it deserves to be one here if there's any justice in the world of crime
Maxim Jakubowski
Time Out
There ... Read more