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Eat Him If You Like
Jean Teule
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Description for Eat Him If You Like
Paperback. A true story. Tuesday 16 August 1870, Alain de Money, makes his way to the village fair. Two hours later, the crowd has gone crazy; they have lynched, tortured, burned and eaten him. How could such a horror be possible? Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 182 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
A true story. Tuesday 16 August 1870, Alain de Money, makes his way to the village fair. He plans to buy a heifer for a needy neighbour and find a roofer to repair the roof of the barn of a poor acquaintance. He arrives at two o'clock. Two hours later, the crowd has gone crazy; they have lynched, tortured, burned and eaten him. How could such a horror be possible? With frightening precision, Jean Teule reconstructs each step of one of the most shameful stories in the history of nineteenth-century France.
A true story. Tuesday 16 August 1870, Alain de Money, makes his way to the village fair. He plans to buy a heifer for a needy neighbour and find a roofer to repair the roof of the barn of a poor acquaintance. He arrives at two o'clock. Two hours later, the crowd has gone crazy; they have lynched, tortured, burned and eaten him. How could such a horror be possible? With frightening precision, Jean Teule reconstructs each step of one of the most shameful stories in the history of nineteenth-century France.
Product Details
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
92g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906040390
SKU
V9781906040390
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Jean Teule
Jean Teule lives in Marais with his companion, the French film actress Miou-Miou. An illustrator, filmmaker and television presenter, he is also a prize winning author.
Reviews for Eat Him If You Like
'Sticking closely to the known facts, Jean Teulé’s novelisation offers no easy explanations for what happened but the transformation from rural idyll to hell on earth is terrifyingly convincing’ Financial Times 'Teulé’s milieu is centred on the “merriment of vice and cruelty”. His novels are bawdy, full of rollicking sex and roiling violence. However, he undercuts this with ... Read more