The future is on its way to Picardy with the construction of a huge motorway. But nearby is a house where nothing has changed since 1945. Traumatised by events in 1945, Yolande hasn't left her home since. And life has not been kinder to Bernard, her brother, who is now in the final months of a terminal illness. Realising that he has so little time left, Bernard's gloom suddenly lifts. With no longer anything to lose, he becomes reckless ? and Murderous. AUTHOR: Pascal Garnier is a leading figure in contemporary French literature, in the tradition of Georges Simenon. He lived in a small village in the Ardeche devoting himself to writing and painting. Pascal Garnier died in March 2010. REVIEWS: ?Writing that is limpid, precise, even poetic.' Le Figaro
