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The Adversary
- Author
- Emmanuel Carrère
- Narrator
- Joseph Kloska
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 12 October 2017
- Run Time
- 4 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Literary essays, True crime
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH
ON THE SATURDAY MORNING OF JANUARY 9, 1993, WHILE JEAN CLAUDE ROMAND WAS KILLING HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, I WAS WITH MINE IN A PARENT-TEACHER MEETING...
With these chilling first words, acclaimed master of psychological suspense, Emmanuel Carrère, begins his exploration of the double life of a respectable doctor, eighteen years of lies, five murders, and the extremes to which ordinary people can go.
'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
'Mesmerising' Sunday Telegraph
'Stunning' Evening Standard
'Unputdownable' Washington Post
'A masterpiece' New York Times
Critics Review
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A disturbing look at the dark side of human nature that is powerfully written and beautifully told
Louis Theroux
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The story told here is truly beyond the imagination for even the best crime writer
Sunday Times
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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
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He’s the best kind of writer, not just a bestseller but a man who is not afraid to leave the comfort zone of his desk, go out into the world, take risks, and get his shoes dirty
Observer
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Unputdownable... Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood
Washington Post
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A triumph of insight and concision, brilliant both as a psychological study and as the portrayal of a community
Independent on Sunday
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A masterpiece... It's a level of moral discomfort almost without equal in literature
New York Times
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Savagely intense and utterly compelling... This is his paciest and cleanest-cut book...few books could better deserve a second chance to find new readers
Sunday Times
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The Adversary is exactly the idea I have of a modern novel: struggling deftly with facts and with itself
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An absolutely stunning piece of work, totally involving and unforgettable
Evening Standard
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Details
- Author
- Emmanuel Carrère
- Narrator
- Joseph Kloska
- Duration
- 4 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 October 2017
- ISBN
- 9781473556393
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Literary essays, True crime
Synopsis
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTHON THE SATURDAY MORNING OF JANUARY 9, 1993, WHILE JEAN CLAUDE ROMAND WAS KILLING HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, I WAS WITH MINE IN A PARENT-TEACHER MEETING...With these chilling first words, acclaimed master of psychological suspense, Emmanuel Carrère, begins his exploration of the double life of a respectable doctor, eighteen years of lies, five murders, and the extremes to which ordinary people can go.'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'Mesmerising' Sunday Telegraph'Stunning' Evening Standard'Unputdownable' Washington Post'A masterpiece' New York Times
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