Pharricide by Vincent de Swarte (.PDF)
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Pharricide by Vincent de Swarte, Nicholas Royle (Translator), Alison Moore (Afterword)
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Overview: Geoffroy Lefayen, a lighthouse keeper with a passion for taxidermy, agrees to a six-month solo stint at Cordouan, the oldest lighthouse in France, located at the mouth of the Gironde estuary. ‘I pray to God no one comes to the lighthouse during those six months,’ writes Geoffroy in his journal at the beginning of October. Just two weeks later, he writes: ‘Cordouan has woken me up. Cordouan has stripped my soul naked. It has reminded me of everything that lies within…
Cordouan has saved my knives from retirement.’
Some dreams you struggle to remember. Vincent de Swarte’s first novel is an unforgettable nightmare of tender brutality and violent desire.
‘The lighthouse is one of those places where death and madness prowl, like the Castle of Otranto or the Bates Motel… spellbinding’ Sorin Raphael, L’Express
‘Nail-biting suspense… a very disturbing, gruesome read’ Meike Ziervogel, Peirene Press
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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