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Lorraine Connection
Dominique Manotti
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Description for Lorraine Connection
Paperback. In Pondange, Lorraine, the Korean Daewoo group manufactures cathode ray tubes. Working conditions are abysmal, but as it's the only source of employment in this bleak former iron and steel manufacturing region, the workers daren't protest. Until a strike breaks out, and there's a fire at the factory. But is it an accident? Translator(s): Schwartz, Ros; Hopkinson, Amanda. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224. 190 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FF. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight: 220. Translator(s): Schwartz, Ros; Hopkinson, Amanda.
The players in this deadly-serious game of Monopoly will stop at nothing. In Pondange, Lorraine, the Korean Daewoo group manufactures cathode ray tubes. Working conditions are abysmal, but as it's the only source of employment in this bleak former iron and steel manufacturing region, the workers daren't protest. Until a strike breaks out, and there's a fire at the factory. But is it an accident? The Pondange factory is at the centre of a strategic battle being played out in Paris, Brussels and Asia for the takeover of the ailing state-owned electronic giant, Thomson. Unexpectedly, the Matra-Daewoo alliance wins the ... Read more
The players in this deadly-serious game of Monopoly will stop at nothing. In Pondange, Lorraine, the Korean Daewoo group manufactures cathode ray tubes. Working conditions are abysmal, but as it's the only source of employment in this bleak former iron and steel manufacturing region, the workers daren't protest. Until a strike breaks out, and there's a fire at the factory. But is it an accident? The Pondange factory is at the centre of a strategic battle being played out in Paris, Brussels and Asia for the takeover of the ailing state-owned electronic giant, Thomson. Unexpectedly, the Matra-Daewoo alliance wins the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905147618
SKU
V9781905147618
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About Dominique Manotti
Dominique Manotti is a professor of nineteenth-century economic history in Paris. he is the author of a number of novels including Rough Trade (winner of the French Crime Writers Association Award) and Dead Horsemeat, both published in English by Arcadia Books. Dead horsemeat was shortlisted for the 2006 Duncan Lawrie International Dagger Award.
Reviews for Lorraine Connection
'Bleak, transgressive, sexy and quite literally unputdownable. They're so seedy, very, very French (in a good way), often very funny and so tightly plotted that you can read them in an evening. And Arcadia's translations have been brilliant. It's a joy...devouring such exuberant, taut and engrossing crime writing' - Bookseller 'The novel I liked most this year. Set ... Read more