Rider on the Rain

Rider on the Rain
Linda Coverdale, Sebastien Japrisot, Gallic Books
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 208pg
2 Jul 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781913547134
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The bus never stops in Le Cap-des-Pins. Not in autumn, when the small Riviera resort is deserted. Except today, when a man with a red bag and a disconcerting stare steps out into the rain. His arrival will throw the life of young housewife Mellie Mau into disarray. After surviving a horrific attack, she has a dark secret to hide. But a stranger at a wedding, the enigmatic American Harry Dobbs, is determined to get the truth out of her, leading her into a game of cat and mouse with dangerous consequences . . . A cool, stylish and twisty thriller from cult French noir writer Sebastien Japrisot.
' Japrisot writes with warmth and has a gift for rendering almost every character instantly likable. ' New Yorker' A magician who lays out the truth on the page. ' Le MondePraise for Sebastien Japrisot ' With an instantly recognisable style and great story-telling techniques, he might be called the Graham Greene of France' The Independent ' The most welcome talent since the early Simenons' New York Times ' Utterly captivating' The Guardian ' A cordon bleu mixture of suspense, sex, trick psychology and fast action' Publishers Weekly ' Diabolically clever' Anita Brookner, author of Hotel du Lac' Japrisot holds a unique place in contemporary fiction. With the quality and originality of his writing, he has hugely contributed to breaking down the barrier between crime fiction and literary fiction' Le Monde ' A marvellous storyteller' Telerama' Unreeled with the taut, confident shaping of a grand master . . . Funny, awful, first-rate. A rich and resonant sonata in black, astutely suspended between mythic tragedy and the grubby pathos of nagging everyday life' Kirkus Reviews
Sebastien Japrisot (4 July 1931 - 4 March 2003) was a French author, screenwriter and film director, born in Marseille. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Japrisot has been nicknamed "the Graham Greene of France". One Deadly Summer was made into a film starring Isabelle Adjani in 1983. A Very Long Engagement was an international bestseller, won the Prix Interallie and was later also made into a film starring Audrey Tatou in 2004. Linda Coverdale is the translator of Japrisot' s ' A Very Long Engagement' . She has also translated the works of Roland Barthes.
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ISBN-13: 9781913547134
Published: 2 Jul 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Gallic Books
Publisher: Gallic Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 208

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