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A review by pia_de_e
Moon in a Dead Eye by Pascal Garnier
5.0
This is another amazing-awesome-creepy-horrible book by Pascal Garnier.
Five people move into Les Conviviales, a retirement community in France. Of the 50 houses that are supposed to be sold, only 3 are occupied and there's no sign any more will be. The cast of characters is comprised by the residents: Odette & Martial the dumpy couple- Maxime & Marlene the trendy couple & Léa, Mr. Flesh the caretaker and Nadine the "social coordinator", an ex hippie who is always high on pot.
The closeness is overwhelming, as is the atmosphere in the book, but they all seem to be getting along quite fine, at least as much as you can get on when friendship is forced on you because of the circumstances. That is, until Mr. Flesh tells them to be careful of the gypsies that settle during the Summer near to Les Conviviales, and from that point, everything spirals downward. Starting with Marlene, who won't leave the community alone for fear of the gypsies, to Martial, who suddenly realizes he has lived a very boring life, and Maxime who being the big narcissist he is, thinks he has the solution to the problem, which happens to be a gun.
The ending is unexpected, to say the least!
The writing, as is the norm with Pascal Garnier, is perfect and so is the translation.
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review
Five people move into Les Conviviales, a retirement community in France. Of the 50 houses that are supposed to be sold, only 3 are occupied and there's no sign any more will be. The cast of characters is comprised by the residents: Odette & Martial the dumpy couple- Maxime & Marlene the trendy couple & Léa, Mr. Flesh the caretaker and Nadine the "social coordinator", an ex hippie who is always high on pot.
The closeness is overwhelming, as is the atmosphere in the book, but they all seem to be getting along quite fine, at least as much as you can get on when friendship is forced on you because of the circumstances. That is, until Mr. Flesh tells them to be careful of the gypsies that settle during the Summer near to Les Conviviales, and from that point, everything spirals downward. Starting with Marlene, who won't leave the community alone for fear of the gypsies, to Martial, who suddenly realizes he has lived a very boring life, and Maxime who being the big narcissist he is, thinks he has the solution to the problem, which happens to be a gun.
The ending is unexpected, to say the least!
The writing, as is the norm with Pascal Garnier, is perfect and so is the translation.
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review