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From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during the war. No-one had expected to see him again. One day, a flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile balance of everyday life. Soon he is named the Anderer, ???the other???, and tensions rise until, one night, the newcomer is murdered. Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events leading to his death, but his report delivers much…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2010Maclehose · 9781906694685
- Other · English · 2009MacLehose · 277 pages · 9781906694043
LynchingFictionMurderInvestigationWorld War, 1939-1945InfluenceSocial MarginalityInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)