Description
| Product ID: | 9781913547752 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | French Windows |
| Authors: | Author: Antoine Laurain |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating "A delicious jeu d’esprit" The Times"A sheer delight." The GuardianWith trademark style and charming whimsy, Antoine Laurain’s new novel of intrigue, murder and neighbourly curiosity is sure to delight fans old and new. Nathalia Guitry was a successful photographer. Until the day she caught a murder on camera. At therapy, Doctor Faber suggests a way out of her creative block: she must write stories about the people she sees in the building opposite, floor by floor. Starting with the actor turned YouTube life coach on the ground floor and going all the way to the fifth via a cartoonist and an ex-trader, Nathalia creates vivid accounts of her Parisian neighbours’ lives. But are her tales real or imaginary? As their sessions play out, the doctor becomes increasingly uncertain. And when she gets to the final floor, it’s up to Faber to do the talking . . . Suspense, intrigue and sly wit abound in the latest novel from bestselling author Antoine Laurain. "A delicious jeu d’esprit" The Times "A sheer delight." The Guardian With trademark style and charming whimsy, Antoine Laurain’s new novel of intrigue, murder and neighbourly curiosity is sure to delight fans old and new. Nathalia Guitry was a successful photographer. Until the day she caught a murder on camera. At therapy, Doctor Faber suggests a way out of her creative block: she must write stories about the people she sees in the building opposite, floor by floor. Starting with the actor turned YouTube life coach on the ground floor and going all the way to the fifth via a cartoonist and an ex-trader, Nathalia creates vivid accounts of her Parisian neighbours’ lives. But are her tales real or imaginary? As their sessions play out, the doctor becomes increasingly uncertain. And when she gets to the final floor, it’s up to Faber to do the talking . . . Suspense, intrigue and sly wit abound in the latest novel from bestselling author Antoine Laurain. |
| Imprint Name: | Gallic Books |
| Publisher Name: | Gallic Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-06-06 |
