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224 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141187662
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date: Not specified
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Hector Loursat, a lawyer, has lived as a drunken recluse since his wife left him 18 years before. Estranged even from his own daughter, his mind is numbed by bottles of Burgundy. But when a body is found in his home, the investigation unearths sec...
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224 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141187662
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Hector Loursat, a lawyer, has lived as a drunken recluse since his wife left him 18 years before. Estranged even from his own daughter, his mind is numbed by bottles of Burgundy. But when a body is found in his home, the investigation unearths sec...