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Dog Island / Philippe Claudel. Translated from the French by Euan Cameron.
Van Pelt Library PQ2663.L31148 A7313 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Claudel, Philippe, 1962- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Archipel du chien. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Drowning.
- Mediterranean Region--Fiction.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Islands--Fiction.
- Islands.
- Refugees--Fiction.
- Refugees.
- Drowning--Fiction.
- Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Murder--Investigation.
- Genre:
- Noir fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 203 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : MacLehose Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The Dog Islands are a small, isolated cluster of islands in the Mediterranean - so called because together, when viewed from above, they form the shape of a dog, twisting and baring its teeth against a brilliant blue sea. One of the only inhabited islands (the one that takes the place of one of the dog's teeth) is dominated by a gently smoking volcano, fringed by black volcanic beaches and under the iron rule of the heads of community who are loath to let any outside influence disrupt the quiet way of life on the island. Then one morning, an old woman comes across three bodies that have washed up with the tide: three young black men, who have apparently drowned in their attempt to cross the sea. The initial reaction of the island community is that this tragedy must be covered up, lest any association with the drownings damages the island's tourism industry . . .But the island's deliberate isolation from the realities of the world cannot last for long, and when a visiting detective arrives on the island and starts asking awkward questions, it becomes clear that the deaths of these three men indicate something far more sinister and deeply rotten lying at the heart of this godforsaken fragment of sea-bound land."--Publisher.
- Notes:
- First published as L'Archipel du chien by Editions Stock, Paris in 2018.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1529400643
- 9781529400649
- OCLC:
- 1149188304
- Publisher Number:
- 99987025548
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