The Gravediggers' Bread
by Frédéric Dard
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A claustrophobic thriller from the French master of noir. Blaise should never have hung around in that charmless little provincial town. The job offer that attracted him in the first place had failed to materialize. He should have got on the first train back to Paris, but Fate decided otherwise. A chance encounter with a beautiful blonde in the town post-office and Blaise is hooked - he realizes he'll do anything to stay by her side, and soon finds himself working for her husband, a funeral show more director. But the tension in this strange love triangle begins to mount, and eventually results in a highly unorthodox burial... show lessTags
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Another enjoyable and easy read with twists and turns and another trick in the tail mistake made by the magnanimous hero.
Aardig, maar geen topboek van Frédéric Dard. Het is in het begin vrij traag, komt later in een spannende versnelling, maar het eind is vrij voorspelbaar. Niet echt de ommekeer-van-de-laatste-bladzijde die zo kenmerkend is voor Dard.
Apr 29, 2015Dutch
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- Canonical title
- The Gravediggers' Bread
- Original title
- Le pain des fossoyeurs
- Related movies*
- Un cercueil pour deux (1993 | TV | IMDb)
- Original language
- French
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