Act of Passion

Mystery & Suspense, Hard-Boiled, Fiction & Literature, Psychological, Crime
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Author: Georges Simenon ISBN: 9781590175545
Publisher: New York Review Books Publication: October 18, 2011
Imprint: NYRB Classics Language: English
Author: Georges Simenon
ISBN: 9781590175545
Publisher: New York Review Books
Publication: October 18, 2011
Imprint: NYRB Classics
Language: English

For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility.

Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.

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For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility.

Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.

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