How's the Pain? (12 page)
Authors: Pascal Garnier
Pascal Garnier
Pascal Garnier was born in Paris in 1949. The prize-winning author of over sixty books, he remains a leading figure in contemporary French literature, in the tradition of Georges Simenon. He died in 2010.
Emily Boyce
Emily Boyce is in-house translator for Gallic Books. She lives in London.
First published in 2012
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“You’ve only been here for a few days but you already know loads of people. You walk into people’s lives, just like that.”
Gabriel is a stranger in a small Breton town.
Nobody knows where he came from or why he’s here. Yet his small acts of kindness, and exceptional cooking, quickly earn him acceptance from the locals.
His new friends grow fond of Gabriel, who seems as reserved and benign as the toy panda he wins at the funfair.
But unlike Gabriel, the fluffy toy is not haunted by his past…
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The A26
The future is on its way to Picardy with the construction of a huge motorway.
But nearby is a house where nothing has changed since 1945. Traumatised by events that year, Yolande hasn’t left her home since.
And life has not been kinder to Bernard, her brother, who is now in the final months of a terminal illness.
Realising that he has so little time left, Bernard’s gloom suddenly lifts. With no longer anything to lose, he becomes reckless – and murderous…
To be published January 2013
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