Article 353

By Tanguy Viel

Book Overview

Best International Crime Novel of the Year - Crime Reads / Lit Hub

This atmospheric noir novel retraces the steps that led to a murder off the coast of Brittany, probing the relationship between law and justice.

In a depressed town on France's northern coast, a man named Martial Kermeur has been arrested for the murder of real estate developer Antoine Lazenec after throwing him overboard. Called before a judge, Kermeur goes back to the beginning to explain what brought him to this desperate point: his divorce, his son's acting out, layoffs at his job, and, above all, Lazenec's dazzling project for a seaside resort. The temptation to invest all of your severance pay in a beautiful apartment with a view of the sea is great. But still, it has to be built.

In this subtle, enthralling novel, Tanguy Viel examines not only the psychology of a crime, but also the larger social ills that may offer its justification.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590519337
• ISBN13: 9781590519332
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"