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The Accident on the A35

Graeme Macrae Burnet

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Text Publishing Company
30 October 2017

ABBEY’S BOOKSELLER PICK —— After you’ve finished the first two novels in this trilogy, you’ll feel you could never live in the dreary French border town of Saint-Louis - or perhaps you’d love to! In these quiet novels, Macrae Burnet has found a wonderful niche: the unprepossessing underdog. No mastermind detectives or villains here. Death even visits Saint-Louis with lacklustre menace. In this second instalment Detective Gorski, whose personal world has been bent out of shape with the departure of his wife and daughter, investigates a seemingly straightforward death by car accident. The Afterword is also dryly amusing and gives insight to the tone and influences that Macrae Burnet brings to his work across this trilogy - beautifully crafted writing with a 'European classic' feel. His affinity and fascination with the awkward and ill-at-ease sees him craft a story that is pitch-perfect. I look forward to the third novel. Craig Kirchner

From the author of the Man Booker–shortlisted His Bloody Project, this is the spellbinding follow-up to Graeme Macrae Burnet’s debut noir novel The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau.

The methodical but troubled Chief Inspector Georges Gorski visits the wife of a lawyer killed in a road accident, the accident on the A35. The case is unremarkable, the visit routine. 

Mme Barthelme—alluring and apparently unmoved by the news—has a single question: where was her husband on the night of the accident? The answer might change nothing, but it could change everything. And Gorski sets a course for what can only be a painful truth.

But the dead man’s reticent son is also looking for answers. And his search will have far more devastating consequences.

Graeme Macrae Burnet at 131 York Street Sydney

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Imprint:   Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 154mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   365g
ISBN:   9781925603057
ISBN 10:   1925603059
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Accident on the A35

ABBEY’S BOOKSELLER PICK —— After you’ve finished the first two novels in this trilogy, you’ll feel you could never live in the dreary French border town of Saint-Louis - or perhaps you’d love to! In these quiet novels, Macrae Burnet has found a wonderful niche: the unprepossessing underdog. No mastermind detectives or villains here. Death even visits Saint-Louis with lacklustre menace. In this second instalment Detective Gorski, whose personal world has been bent out of shape with the departure of his wife and daughter, investigates a seemingly straightforward death by car accident. The Afterword is also dryly amusing and gives insight to the tone and influences that Macrae Burnet brings to his work across this trilogy - beautifully crafted writing with a 'European classic' feel. His affinity and fascination with the awkward and ill-at-ease sees him craft a story that is pitch-perfect. I look forward to the third novel. Craig Kirchner





`With its deft writing and well-rounded characters, this novel is an accomplished and atmospheric police procedural that frequently strays into classic noir badlands.' * Qantas Magazine * `Briskly written within an unobtrusive literary frame, this seductive novel works on multiple levels.' * Age * `Intriguing.' * Herald Sun * `Transporting and deliciously frustrating.' * Hannah Kent, on His Bloody Project * `Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let you go.' * Guardian, on His Bloody Project * `Riveting, dark and ingeniously constructed.' * Sunday Times, on His Bloody Project * `Gripping, blackly playful and intelligent.' * The Times, on His Bloody Project * `Graeme Macrae Burnet creates true noir in the mysterious, funny and intelligent The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau.' * The List, Top Scottish Books of the Year *


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