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The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception

by Emmanuel Carrere

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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.

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Acclaimed master of psychological suspense Emmanuel Carrere, whose fiction John Updike described as "stunning" ("The New Yorker"), explores the double life of a respectable doctor, 18 years of lies, five murders, and the extremes to which ordinary people can go.
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About the Author

Emmanuel Carrère is one of France's most critically acclaimed writers, author of screenplays, a biography of Philip K. Dick, and two novels, including Class Trip, which won the prestigious Prix Femina. A major bestseller in France, The Adversary is being published in eighteen countries. Carrère lives in Paris.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312420604
Translator:
Coverdale, Linda
Author:
Coverdale, Linda
Author:
Emmanu
Author:
el Carrere
Author:
Carrere, Emmanuel
Publisher:
Picador USA
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Murder
Subject:
Swindlers and swindling
Subject:
Murderers
Subject:
Murders
Subject:
General Biography
Subject:
Murder - General
Subject:
Romand, Jean-Claude
Subject:
Murderers - France - Gers Region
Subject:
Crime - True Crime
Edition Number:
1st Picador USA ed.
Edition Description:
Picador USA
Publication Date:
20020131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.27x5.53x.57 in. .43 lbs.
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