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Introducing Detective Georges GorskiFrom twice Booker-listed author of His Bloody Project and Case Study.

Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and ill at ease, he spends his evenings surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at his local bistro. But one day, she vanishes into thin air. When Detective Georges Gorski begins investigating her disappearance, Manfred's repressed world is shaken to its core and he is forced to confront the dark secrets of his past.

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau effortlessly conjures up an otherworldly atmosphere that simultaneously intrigues and unsettles. A compelling psychological portrayal of a peculiar outsiderpushed to the limit by his own feverish imagination, it is byturns haunting, strange and mesmeric Graeme Macrae Burnet's acclaimed debut, a literary mystery novel that is well on its way to achieving cult status.

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      Publisher: Saraband / Contraband
      Publication Date: 9/5/2024
      ISBN13: 9781916812277, 978-1916812277
      ISBN10: 1916812279
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Introducing Detective Georges GorskiFrom twice Booker-listed author of His Bloody Project and Case Study.

      Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and ill at ease, he spends his evenings surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at his local bistro. But one day, she vanishes into thin air. When Detective Georges Gorski begins investigating her disappearance, Manfred's repressed world is shaken to its core and he is forced to confront the dark secrets of his past.

      The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau effortlessly conjures up an otherworldly atmosphere that simultaneously intrigues and unsettles. A compelling psychological portrayal of a peculiar outsiderpushed to the limit by his own feverish imagination, it is byturns haunting, strange and mesmeric Graeme Macrae Burnet's acclaimed debut, a literary mystery novel that is well on its way to achieving cult status.

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