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The Adversary

A True Story of Monstrous Deception
by Emmanuel Carrère
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Narrator Joseph Kloska

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Length 4 hours 53 minutes
Language English
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Summary

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH

ON THE SATURDAY MORNING OF JANUARY 9, 1993, WHILE JEAN CLAUDE ROMAND WAS KILLING HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, I WAS WITH MINE IN A PARENT-TEACHER MEETING...

With these chilling first words, acclaimed master of psychological suspense, Emmanuel Carrère, begins his exploration of the double life of a respectable doctor, eighteen years of lies, five murders, and the extremes to which ordinary people can go.

'As a writer, Carrère is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away... You say: True crime and literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it' Junot Díaz

'Mesmerising' Sunday Telegraph
'Stunning' Evening Standard
'Unputdownable' Washington Post
'A masterpiece' New York Times

Biography & MemoirTrue CrimeNonfiction

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Author:

Narrator:
Joseph Kloska

ISBN:
9781473556393

Length:
4 hours 53 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Random House

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Edition:
Unabridged

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A disturbing look at the dark side of human nature that is powerfully written and beautifully told The story told here is truly beyond the imagination for even the best crime writer The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King He’s the best kind of writer, not just a bestseller but a man who is not afraid to leave the comfort zone of his desk, go out into the world, take risks, and get his shoes dirty Unputdownable... Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood Expand reviews
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