Fairy Gunmother (Paperback, New Ed)

Granny takes a trip with a loaded pistol in her handbag and mayhem in her heart, and sets off a chain of events both comic and tragic. A cult hit in Europe. (Kirkus UK)

In the bustling, multi-ethnic quarter of Paris known as Belleville, a policeman is shot dead by a sweet but gun-toting old granny when he tries to help her across the road. The grannies, it would appear, are fighting back against a reign of terror in Belleville that has seen half a dozen of them murdered by killers unknown. Into this tense situation stumble Benjamin Malaussène, professional scapegoat, and his journalist lover Julie. In Pennac’s frenetic and very funny thriller, drug dealers, OAPs, assorted criminals, a Vietnamese plainclothes detective and his cherubic partner, Malaussène’s large and extended family, and the resourceful scapegoat himself battle to make sense of the killings. Little does make sense in the anarchic world that Pennac has created but somehow, when the competing factions finally collide, the loyalty and decency of ordinary (and not so ordinary) people contrive to vanquish villainy.

General

Imprint:	The Harvill Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1998
Authors:	Daniel Pennac
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	247
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-86046-445-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General Promotions
LSN:	1-86046-445-9
Barcode:	9781860464454

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