The Accident on the A35 (The Gorski Novels)

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Accident" - and a possible third book - are the result of lost manuscripts which came to light after the death of his aged mother. This blankness is reflected at the end by a less than satisfactory ending that does not conclude properly the questions raised during the exposition of the plot. And well before Philippe Lambert says, “You know, to be honest, Georges, I had you down as a bit of a plodder”, readers will likely have come to the same conclusion about Gorski. Fans of His Bloody Project will [enjoy] familiar themes including questions of authorship, betrayal, family, love, death, truth and lies (or rather, what can be said to be true, if anything, and what is false? Add that to the fact that he withdrew a large sum of money every week and there seems to be something of a mystery surrounding the recently departed Bertrand.

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Gorski’s vulnerability to Lucette, like every other detail in this story, has a hand in changing the course of events. Furthermore, if those who decide the allocations of the real and unreal are cruel, mad or colossally wrong, what then?

The 60-ish year-old driver, Bertrand Barthelme, a successful solicitor, appears to have fallen asleep at the wheel, rolled down a slope, hit a tree, and instantly died. As the novel progresses, he becomes more paranoid that he is being watched and that people will read into his strange behaviour. Baumann is a loner who spends his evenings surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the waitress at his local bistro. A passenger of the Toyota – an 18-year-old man from Cornwall – was very sadly pronounced dead at the scene.Along the way, they’ll unlock wisdom for those of us navigating our own coupledoms, and for those still seeking their perfect match. Not sure I will read this dude again (well I might read reviews, and if some GR friends like the book, then I might try it 😉). She leaves behind no memories worth keeping: her husband is dead, her boss has made no bones about disliking her, and she’s looking forward to new responsibilities and the higher salary underwritten by North Dakota’s sudden oil boom.

Highly accomplished, The Accident on the A35 works on several levels… The narration has the simple momentum of classic crime writing… It has a denouement like something out of Greek tragedy but delivers as a proper police procedural too… Burnet's cleverness doesn't get in the way of your enjoyment but playfully adds levels of meaning. While welcoming the original take on crime fiction and the frequent dark humour, I couldn’t get past my dislike of prurient detail. Two decades later, on the death of his mother, lawyers acting for Raymond (mark the name) sent his publisher a parcel containing the manuscript of L’Accident sur l’A35. Marital discord, teenage struggles with conformity, cafe life, and class are delved into with such an excellent quality of writing that the novel is best read slowly.

Saint-Louis advocate Bertrand Barthelme, on his way home from his weekly dinner with his law partner, Gustave Corbeil, and two other old friends, skids off the A35 and is thrown through his windshield.

An author commits suicide, paving the path to the publication of a novel deemed to be autobiographical, although how much is truth or false is up for debate, but it does feel real.Raymond goes through life as though he is the main character and becomes frustrated whenever he realises that he might not be. Lucette had understood that he dined at a club every Tuesday after work, and had done so for as long as she could remember. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. The narration has the simple momentum of classic crime writing, heavy on lit cigarettes, light on subordinate clauses. Also, if you’re the sort of person that likes a crime or mystery solved and don’t like things left open-ended then this book may not be for you.