Fairy Gunmother

Daniel Pennac, Ian Monk

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French

Harvill
01 August 2002

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

A gloriously comic tale of blunder and disguise, set in the vibrant Parisian quarter of Belleville.

A policeman on a mission of mercy is shot dead at point-blank range by a sweet old granny on a frosty morning. The neighbourhood, Paris's bubbling Belleville quarter, is already in uproar because half a dozen other grannies have been found with their shrivelled throats slit. Into this tense situation stumbles Benjamin Malauss ne with an overly complicated life that includes his voluptuous red-haired girlfriend, Julie, and his smelly epileptic dog, Julius. Maniacally inventive - some have called it deranged - Pennac's creations in The Fairy Gunmother have achieved cult status all over Europe.

By: Daniel Pennac
Translated by: Ian Monk
Imprint: Harvill
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9781860464454
ISBN 10: 1860464459
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 01 August 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Fairy Gunmother

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)