Under the Channel, by Gilles Petel
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When the body of a Scotsman turns up on board a Channel Tunnel train at the Gare du Nord, Parisian detective Roland Desfeuillères finds himself in charge of a murder investigation. This inter-city tale of changing identities is no ordinary crime novel.
Under the Channel, by Gilles Petel- Amazon Sales Rank: #3119500 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-17
- Original language: French
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .60" h x 5.00" w x 7.70" l, .84 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 240 pages
Review 'Gilles Petel unfurls the twists and turns of his deceptively simple tale with unwavering mastery' Livres Hebdo
About the Author Gilles Pétel was born and raised in Dunkirk. After studying philosophy at the Université de Nice, he spent several years abroad teaching. In 1996 his first novel, Le Métier dans le sang, was published by Fayard. This was followed by other novels, Le Mur de Broadway (Fayard, 1998), Le Recensement (Stock, 2000) and La Déposition (Stock, 2002), as well as short stories, and a play Le Monologue de la femme ivre de bonheur staged by the artists group “Lilas en scène” in December 2009. Under the Channel will be published by Gallic Books in March 2015.Emily Boyce is in-house translator for Gallic Books. She lives in London.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Quirky and clever tale. By Liz Barnsley Available now from GallicTranslated superbly once again by Jane Aitken and Emily BoyceThank you to the author and publisher for the review copy.When the body of a Scotsman turns up on board a Channel Tunnel train at the Gare du Nord, Parisian detective Roland Desfeuillères finds himself in charge of a murder investigation. Roland decides to travel to London – and not just in order to progress the inquiry. It’s also a chance to escape his troubled marriage. Arriving in a city gripped by the financial crisis, Roland immerses himself in the victim’s hedonistic lifestyle, as he searches for the motive behind the crime. But the longer he walks in the dead man’s shoes, the more Roland discovers about himself . .This was a wonderfully quirky and sometimes quite dark tale, driven by some beautifully drawn and intriguing characters and with an eye definitely cast towards the ironic side of life. Its not a long read but its a darned good one, mainly I think because Roland Desfeuilleres is SO much fun to follow along with – his actions and reactions to situations thrown at him will have you sometimes laughing and sometimes shaking your head in disbelief.When a body turns up on the Channel Tunnel train, Roland decides he wants to pursue the killer onto the streets of London – kind of falling into the investigation as a way of escaping his desperately troubled marriage to a rather difficult (well I thought she was difficult!) woman. As he attempts to find out more about the victim, he finds himself more and more aware of himself and his life.The start sucks you in as we meet the murder victim still very much alive – in a brilliantly humerous set of events that see him eventually get on that train for France. Unfortunately for him, he is not going to make it to the end of his journey. Enter some eclectic french characters including Roland and we are off on a wonderful reading journey. Back in good old England we have another magnificently drawn bunch of people and at the heart of all this sits Roland – a character I shall miss very much now this tale is at an end.Terrific and evocative, I recommend curling up on a rainy afternoon with this one and letting it transport you into other lives.Happy Reading Folks!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Cool, dark, evocative blend of myth and noir By Sheila Deeth If you enjoy French movies, you’ll enjoy Gilles Petel’s Under the Channel. The story has that characteristic feel of noir crossed with myth and modernity. Two men, each preoccupied with appearance, end up wearing the same pair of shoes. One is dead while the other investigates the crime. One is unencumberedly gay while the other flees his flagging marriage. One is successful while the other stares failure in the eye. Meanwhile musings on love and devotion blend into the meaning of life, satirical humor meets laugh-out-loud slapstick, and pubs disgorge their drunken clientele who disgorge the foods and drinks they’ve gorged upon. Beer and sex, it seems, are both better the second time around. But if life imitates art, what will that mean for a hapless, soon-to-be-wifeless cop?The novel is translated from the French by Emily Boyce. The translation retains that Gallic coolness, while offering up-to-date modern English dialog (which, oddly, sounds almost anachronistic to my now Americanized ears). The combination flows smoothly as the train driving under the channel, in a mystery that carefully loses itself in disguise then reveals its truth in a well-played, backhanded surprise.Everything changes where the tunnel begins, and this novel proves it's more about change than beginnings or endings. It’s a tale of evolving identity, shaped by time and place and connection... while the life left behind speeds to meet its own different resolution somewhere else. Under the Channel is a cool, quick, evocative, intriguing read of big-city glitz and shadowed underbellies, pubs and bars, and maybe mystery.Disclosure: I was given a free copy and I offer my honest review.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. dark satirical French police procedural By A Customer Under the ChannelGilles Pétel; Emily Boyce (translator) and Jane Aitken (translator)Gallic, Mar 17 2015, $15.95ISBN 9781908313669While Great Britain struggles with the impact of the financial crisis, Scottish estate agent John Burny decides to escape by train to Paris for an upper class getaway weekend vacation though he feels the strain of the failing economy. He struggles to make it to the last train of the night on time and becomes further frustrated when inside the Chunnel his train breaks down for ten minutes before continuing on to the French station. All the passengers disembark except John; someone on-board murdered him.French Police lieutenant Roland Desfeuillères leads the investigation into who garroted the visitor. Getting nowhere and seizing an opportunity to escape his personal life tsuris temporarily, Desfeuillères heads to London to learn more about the victim. Checking in with his British counterparts, Desfeuillères is taken back by their irrelevant attitude, but remains motivated to find who had the motive and opportunity to kill John Burny.This is a captivating French police procedural as the protagonist walks several kilometers in a dead man’s shoes, but learns as much about whom he is as he does himself. Filled with dark satirical humor, fans of offbeat crime investigations will want to join Desfeuillères’ tour of London.Harriet Klausner
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