12/19/2023 0 Comments Meurtres pour memoiresMurder in Memoriam begins with the description of the 17 October 1961 demonstration by thousands of Algerians in Paris that got completely out of hand, thanks to the French authorities.Ĭaught up in the mess is Roger Thiraud, a Latin and history teacher who dawdles getting home to his pregnant wife by catching a horror flick at the local cinema he never makes it home - instead, he's one of the three dead officially reported by the Préfecture. We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. "The plot is flimsy and the raking up of France's guilty secrets is half-hearted, but Cadin is a likeable figure, and the author's passion for trivia ensures that the reader is supplied with a great deal of engaging information" - Savkar Altinel, Times Literary Supplement.Dialogue falls flat without tags to identify what characters are doing or thinking as they speak, and the romantic interest appears to be an afterthought" - Publishers Weekly "While Daeninckx offers a masterful weave of political history in this debut novel, he is so intent on unfolding this elaborate tapestry that he neglects to develop characters.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorī : breezy police procedural most interesting for insight into uglier aspects of recent French past Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
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