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Adversary : A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrère (2002, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPicador
ISBN-100312420609
ISBN-139780312420604
eBay Product ID (ePID)1768859
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Book TitleAdversary : a True Story of Monstrous Deception
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHoaxes & Deceptions, Murder / General, Criminals & Outlaws
Publication Year2002
GenreTrue Crime, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorEmmanuel Carrère
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-050066
ReviewsAs a writer, Carrère is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away....You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it., "Unputdownable...Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood. " - The Washington Post Book World "The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King." - People "Mesmerizing...a fascinating meditation on Jean-Claude Romand and what his bizarre life might mean." - The New York Times Book Review "As a writer, Carrre is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away....You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it." -Junot Daz, author of Drown, "Unputdownable...Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood. " - The Washington Post Book World "The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King." - People "Mesmerizing...a fascinating meditation on Jean-Claude Romand and what his bizarre life might mean." - The New York Times Book Review "As a writer, Carrère is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away....You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it." -Junot Díaz, author of Drown, "Unputdownable...Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood. " - The Washington Post Book World "The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King." - People "Mesmerizing...a fascinating meditation on Jean-Claude Romand and what his bizarre life might mean." - The New York Times Book Review "As a writer, Carr re is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away....You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it." -Junot D az, author of Drown, "Unputdownable...Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood. " -- The Washington Post Book World "The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King." -- People "Mesmerizing...a fascinating meditation on Jean-Claude Romand and what his bizarre life might mean." -- The New York Times Book Review "As a writer, Carrre is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away....You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it." -- Junot Daz, author of Drown, " A chilling and unputdownable book...Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood." Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World "The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King." -- People "Mesmerizing...a fascinating meditation on Jean-Claude Romand and what his bizarre life might mean." -- The New York Times Book Review "As a writer, Carrère is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away....You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it." -- Junot Díaz, author of Drown, "Unputdownable...Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood. " -- The Washington Post Book World "The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King." -- People "Mesmerizing...a fascinating meditation on Jean-Claude Romand and what his bizarre life might mean." -- The New York Times Book Review "As a writer, Carrère is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away....You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it." -- Junot Díaz, author of Drown, "Unputdownable...Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version ofIn Cold Blood." -The Washington Post Book World "The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King." -People "Mesmerizing...a fascinating meditation on Jean-Claude Romand and what his bizarre life might mean." -The New York Times Book Review "As a writer, CarrÈre is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away....You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it." -Junot DÍaz, author ofDrown, The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King.
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Dewey Decimal364.15/23/094477
SynopsisNow a major motion picture starring Daniel Auteuil ( Sade, Girl on the Bridge, Jean de Florette ) directed by Nicole Garcia ( Place Vendome ) Acclaimed master of psychological suspense, Emmanuel Carr re, whose fiction John Updike described as "stunning" ( The New Yorker ) explores the double life of a respectable doctor, eighteen years of lies, five murders, and the extremes to which ordinary people can go., The Adversary --now a major motion picture starring Daniel Auteuil ( Sade, Girl on the Bridge, Jean de Florette ) directed by Nicole Garcia ( Place Vendome ). Acclaimed master of psychological suspense, Emmanuel Carrère, whose fiction John Updike described as "stunning" ( The New Yorker ) explores the double life of a respectable doctor, eighteen years of lies, five murders, and the extremes to which ordinary people can go.
LC Classification NumberHV6535.F8G47313 2002
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