Description
`Le Boulevard de la Solitude', a story of love and hate, is set in Paris in the1980s with its distinctive character - exhilarating, daunting. When Paul Mortimerarrives there, he is dazed by culture shock. Finding a job in a large company,he befriends a brilliant young director Rachel Cziffra who introduces him intoParisian society. Her husband, Fabrice, is a successful `high-tech' businessmanand a future member of the French Parliament. Immensely rich, they live in the16th arrondissement, the so-called `Golden Triangle', and own amagnificent chateau in Normandy. Yet,Fabrice's fortune is based on corruption, and when he leaves Rachel for abeautiful Moldovan call-girl, he falls under the influence of a criminal gang. The ensuing divorce destroys them both. Eventually Rachel becomes the victim ofa murder attempt, disappears and is presumed dead. Paul is left searching forher. `Le Boulevard de la Solitude' vividly captures the essence of Parisian society atthat time - from the `metro, work and sleep' lives of commuters to thesplendour of the upper classes in the rich quarters. John Malicorne'scharacters exist in an illusionary world of hierarchies, codes and rituals - aprehistoric dreamtime tribe, harbouring an inner malaise.? Theplot plays out with the effervescent sordidness of Paris as a backdrop.
Binding: Paperback / softback
Binding: Paperback / softback