Seven Houses in France
SKU: 9780099552253
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Author:ATXAGA Bernado
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ISBN:9780099552253
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Publication Date:December 2012
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Pages:256
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Vintage Books
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Country of Publication:
Seven Houses in France
SKU: 9780099552253
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Author:ATXAGA Bernado
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ISBN:9780099552253
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Publication Date:December 2012
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Pages:256
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Vintage Books
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Country of Publication:
Description
The year is 1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafes of Paris. His glamorous wife Christine has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad. At the Captain's side are an ex-legionnaire womanizer, and a servile, treacherous man who dreams of running a brothel. At their hands the jungle is transformed into a wild circus of human ambition and absurdity. But everything changes with the arrival of a new officer and brilliant marksman: the enigmatic Chrysostome Liege.
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The year is 1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafes of Paris. His glamorous wife Christine has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad. At the Captain's side are an ex-legionnaire womanizer, and a servile, treacherous man who dreams of running a brothel. At their hands the jungle is transformed into a wild circus of human ambition and absurdity. But everything changes with the arrival of a new officer and brilliant marksman: the enigmatic Chrysostome Liege.