| Author: | Daphne du Maurier | ISBN: | 9780316252980 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company | Publication: | December 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown and Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Daphne du Maurier |
| ISBN: | 9780316252980 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication: | December 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Language: | English |
"A dazzlingly clever and immensely entertaining novel." --New York Times
By chance, John and Jean--one English, the other French--meet in a provincial railway station. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John falls into a drunken stupor. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, Jean has stolen his identity and disappeared. So the Englishman steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles - as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing.
Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self.
"A dazzlingly clever and immensely entertaining novel." --New York Times
By chance, John and Jean--one English, the other French--meet in a provincial railway station. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John falls into a drunken stupor. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, Jean has stolen his identity and disappeared. So the Englishman steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles - as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing.
Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self.
