'A brilliant portrait of betrayal,hypocrisy,love and loss'Chicago Tribune'She tried to laugh,but was sobbing at the same time. She attempted to stand up and fell over,but she didn't shatter like the glass'Alone and adrift after losing everything in a divorce,Betty finds her life sliding dangerously out of control. When an older woman,Laure,discovers her drunk in a Paris restaurant and nurses her back to health,she is given another chance. But Betty is damaged,consumed by darkness. As the truth about her past,and her nature,emerges,it threatens to consume Laure too.Originally published in 1961,this gripping psychological thriller caused a sensation and inspired a film adaptation by Claude Chabrol.'Dark,disturbing...Simenon discovered something fundamental about the soul'Guardian
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241487082Number of pages: 160Weight: 123 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 8 mm
Georges Simenon
Staggeringly prolific and stylistically revolutionary,French author Georges Simenon is the creator of Inspector Maigret and one of the most significant crime writers in literary history.
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