Claus wrote:
"I enjoyed Thierry Jonquet´s "Mygale". He is an exponent of
the hardboiled style of French noir that is inflected by
post-May 1968 politics and social critique. His crime novels
and children's books have garnered many literary
prizes."
I read a translation of his "Cherokee" some time back. I know
I enjoyed it, but I must admit I don't remember much about
it.
"Another French author is Daniel Pennac with his Malauss讥
novels. Translated are "The Fairy Gunmother (La f饠Carabine,
1987)", "Write to Kill (La petite Marchande de prose, 1989),
"Passion Fruit (Des chr鴩ens et des Maure, 1996)". Well worth
a read, even just for Pennac´s amazing style."
"Scapegoat" has also been translated. It and "Fairy
Gunmother" are on my tottering TBR pile.
And another French author: While not exactly crime novels,
except maybe his first, "The Erasers," Alain Robbe-Grillet's
books often have a deep sense of foreboding, even doom. I
recommend "The Voyeur" and
"Jealousy," perhaps my first, and one of the best, exposure
to the unreliable narrator.
Mark
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