In the bustling, multi-ethnic quarter of Paris known as Belleville, a policeman is shot dead by a sweet but gun-toting old granny when he tries to help her across the road. The grannies, it would appear, are fighting back against a reign of terror in Belleville that has seen half a dozen of them murdered by killers unknown. Into this tense situation stumble Benjamin Malauss ne, professional scapegoat, and his journalist lover Julie. In Pennac's frenetic and very funny thriller, drug dealers, OAPs, assorted criminals, a Vietnamese plainclothes detective and his cherubic partner, Malauss ne's large and extended family, and the resourceful scapegoat himself battle to make sense of the killings. Little does make sense in the anarchic world that Pennac has created but somehow, when the competing factions finally collide, the loyalty and decency of ordinary (and not so ordinary) people contrive to vanquish villainy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9781860464454
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89141638
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fairy Gunmother
Author
Daniel Pennac
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1998
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
181g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Daniel Pennac
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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