All is not well in the cradle of liberty. It's a few days before Christmas in Versailles. Olivier has come to bury his mother, but the impending holidays and icy conditions have delayed the funeral. While trapped in limbo at his mother's flat, a chance encounter brings Olivier back in touch with childhood friend Jeanne and her blind brother, Rodolphe. Rodolphe suggests they have dinner together, along with a homeless man he's taken in. As the wine flows, dark secrets are spilled, and there's more than just the washing up and hangovers to deal with the next morning... AUTHOR: Pascal Garnier died in March 2010. From his home in the mountains of the Ardeche, he wrote fiction in a noir palette with a cast of characters drawn from ordinary provincial life. Though his writing is often very dark in tone, it sparkles with quirkily beautiful imagery and dry wit. Garnier's work has been likened to the great thriller writer, Georges Simenon. REVIEWS: Praise for Pascal Garnier: 'Bleak, often funny and never predictable.' - The Observer 'His mordant literary edge makes these succinct novels stimulating and rewarding.' - Sunday Times 'Action-packed and full of gallows humour.' - Sunday Telegraph
