Upon reading the latest universally acclaimed novel by flamboyant French novelist Nicolas Fabry, Sir Edward Destry is shocked to discover that it is, in fact, the story of his own lover, who committed suicide under mysterious circumstances.
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From Publishers Weekly
More of a psychological case study than a mystery, this tale of revenge should, like Martin Amis's forthcoming The Information, be of considerable interest to book people. Sir Edward Destry, a prominent English publisher, has for most of his life felt overshadowed by dashing French novelist Nicolas Fabry, a friend from his youth in Egypt. Destry lost his first and only love to Fabry, compromised his own youthful ideals for him and now must face the fact that Fabry's latest novel, The Need to Love, is obviously based on their shared past?and, what's more, has won the Prix Goncourt, making its flamboyant, womanizing author the toast of Paris. Methodically, Destry concocts a revenge only a publisher could conceive?and the worst thing that could happen to a successful novelist in full flight. Fiechter, who prepared the English edition himself, tells his droll tale neatly, though it is sometimes hard to tell how seriously he intends it, particularly in the awkwardly ambiguous closing passages.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Fiechter's book won the prestigious Grand Prize for Detective Fiction in France--and with good cause. He's a natural-born storyteller whose masterly use of wit and irony, creative plotting, and compelling style will keep readers entertained and bemused. Sir Edward Destry, one of England's most successful publishers, has labored for years in the shadow of his glamorous, charismatic, successful friend, Nicolas Fabry. A former diplomat turned best-selling author, Fabry has just won the French Prix Goncourt for his new book, and Edward is consumed with jealousy and rage. All his life, he's covered for Fabry, playing father to Fabry's abandoned son, consoling the hundreds of women Fabry has ruined, and even editing Fabry's banal, cliche{‚}-ridden writing. But Edward doesn't really care about past injustices. What's really got him in a fury is that the plot of the award-winning book reveals that Fabry stole Edward's first and only true love and then destroyed her. Betrayed, wounded, and filled with rage, Edward plots a revenge that is so cunning, so lethal, so cruel, that even he can't predict the final shocking result. Highly recommended. Emily Melton
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A great Book about killing without Blood and without Weapons,
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This review is from: Death By Publication (Paperback)
Jean-Jacques Fiechter goes deep into the Psychology of Revenge. It is fascinating to see how the Characters take Shape and Volume as the Plot evolves. A Movie has been made, based on this Book, but the Book is a lot better.
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Darkly funny.,
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Another diabolical narrator. The author uses brilliant irony and jolting powers of description to make a darkly funny masterpiece. A+.
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A masterpiece,
This review is from: Death By Publication (Hardcover)
This novel will keep you thinking. The characters are regular people, with their own lifes, feelings and passions. The plot is just very good and he does not use any tricks to captivate you. Is a book to enjoy for a couple of hours and think about it for a long time.
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