Article 353, Tanguy Viel
Article 353, Tanguy Viel
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Article 353

Author: Tanguy Viel

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Unabridged: 3 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/25/2021


Synopsis

This atmospheric noir novel retraces the steps that led to a murder off the coast of Brittany, probing the relationship between law and justice.

In a depressed town on France's northern coast, a man named Martial Kermeur has been arrested for the murder of real estate developer Antoine Lazenec after throwing him overboard. Called before a judge, Kermeur goes back to the beginning to explain what brought him to this desperate point: his divorce, his son's acting out, layoffs at his job, and, above all, Lazenec’s dazzling project for a seaside resort. The temptation to invest all of your severance pay in a beautiful apartment with a view of the sea is great. But still, it has to be built.
In this subtle, enthralling novel, Tanguy Viel examines not only the psychology of a crime, but also the larger social ills that may offer its justification.

Reviews

Sonorous prose evoking the discursive skittering of a troubled mind. Translated from the French, do I sense the influence of Alain Robbe-Grillet? But that might be said of many writers of Gallic literary thrillers, no? It starts with a murder and flashes back to the long con which motivated the kill......more

Goodreads review by Paula

O rosto cada vez mais ilegível, como se agora me tivesse deixado a sós com a palavra, com a desordem da palavra e mil pensamentos embocassem num funil cujas leis internas de selecção ele tentava compreender. De início, “Artigo 353” não estava a prender-me pelo seu estilo expositivo. Recorrendo a um h......more

Goodreads review by Trish

This mystery novel by prize-winning novelist Tanguy Viel is translated from the French but suffused with French melancholy and spirit. The dark, foggy atmosphere of the northern French coast comes through strongly in the conversation between two men: one asking questions, the other explaining the de......more

Hukukçu kimliğimin hevesiyle okuduğum bir kitap oldu, öncelikle mesleğimi yapmayı ne kadar özlediğimi hissettirdiğini itiraf etmeliyim. Tüm hukukçular ile hukukçu adaylarına ve hatta fakültelerde muhakkak tavsiye edilmeli diye düşünüyorum. Çok yerinde bir kurgu. Öyle hayatın içinden ki hikayeye kapıl......more