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Loading... Murder In Memoriam (1984)by Didier Daeninckx
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Somebody is bumping off historians who are digging into a ghastly episode in contemporary French politics. A sophisticated police inspector from Toulouse follows the clues to Paris and to answers revealing far more shame for his country than he imagined. The book takes a novelistic approach to pieces of true history, and though the writing feels clumsy in places and not altogether well thought out, it still provokes much authentic horror. Is contained in
In a demonstration in Paris in 1961, hundreds of Algerians are killed by the police. During the demonstration, Roger Thiraud, a young history teacher, is murdered. Twenty years later, Bernard, his son, is murdered in Toulouse. To find the connection between the murders takes Inspector Cadin on an investigation into the shabby compromises of wartime politics. Winner of the 1984 Detective Fiction Prize, Murder in Memoriam is an impressive debut by the leading light of the new wave of French thriller writers. No library descriptions found. |
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The novel concerns the investigation into the death of of a young aspiring academic who has been conducting a private research project. The police investigation uncovers the fact that the murdered man's father had himself been murdered during a riot in Paris in 1961 when passions about Algerian independence were at their peak. Surely this cannot be mere coincidence!
The investigation delves deeply into allegations of police brutality and bigotry, and the plot is tightly drawn. Sadly, though, the prose is often impenetrable and it was with a great feeling of relief that i finally reached the end.. (