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Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand (Paperback)

by Fred Vargas (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage (3 Jan 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099488965
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099488965
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,455 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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www.tangled-web.co.uk

`This is the finest novel yet from the incomparable Fred Vargas'


Waterstone's Books Quarterly

`Vargas is famous for creating gripping crime thrillers and her latest offering is no different... drama and suspense in spades'
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5.0 out of 5 stars Get to the half way mark, 24 Oct 2007
By SJSmith (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand (Paperback)
This book is amazing! I started it with a struggle. Read the first few chapters and wondered whether or not to put it down and I'm pleased I decided the writing was worth perservering. Fred Vargas has such a good command of language; her writing is tremendous and it was this alone that kept me going. The translation is fine and I can't comment on how much work the translator has done.

The characters take a little bit of time to warm to but Adamsberg, the lead character, has such an amazing mind. Join all of the best detectives together and you have this one. The description of the the characters eventually brings them all to life - male or female. As the narrative is so well written you feel like you're in their minds and unsure who to trust.

The plot is adequately discussed in the blurb that it needs little clarification. Judge Fulgence didn't quite come to life as much as I was hoping but then I felt he wasn't the centre stage here and that it was as much about Adamsberg's journey for truth as it was the story of the Judge.

With unlikely heroes and heroines and the reader being taken down some wonderful paths this novel is one to be savoured rather than devoured. Minor characters change direction and suddenly have massive parts to play; characters that you thought you could trust arouse suspicion. All the elements necessary for a GOOD crime fiction novel.

This is my first novel by Fred Vargas and I would happily read something else she has written. Take your time, don't rush it and if you aren't enjoying it as you approach the half way mark then that's the time to stop.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fred Vargas - Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand, 1 Jan 2008
By RachelWalker "RachelW" (England) - See all my reviews
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I know of no other writer who could possibly pull off the kind of books Vargas writes - eccentric, witty crime novels in which the protagonist wilfully embraces the impossible, and it turn out to be correct. She is a true marvel. Adamsberg is a genius creation - intuitive, thoughtful, stubborn, romantic and very, very interesting. And her plots are works of wicked, imaginative genius as well. She's a marvel and we are immensely lucky that her books are being translated into English. Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand is supremely intelligent crime fiction, written with sprightliness and wit, at the same time as being completely bonkers. It's absolutely first-class entertainment.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive Writer, 2 April 2009
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Views on Fred Vargas could hardly be more divided with the same book getting one star and five star reviews.

I can only conclude that some people naturally tune into her world and some people expect something different and are confused/unsatisfied by it. Although they contain crime and detection they don't really fit into that genre. Finding out who did it is largely incidental and if realism is what you're after you'll be disappointed. If you want to lose yourself in an alternative reality and you enjoy the quirky and eccentric then you're in for a treat.

If you like her books, as I do, you can't wait for the next translation to come out! I hope she's writing more to keep the translators going!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Larger than life but fascinating
I'd warn those new to Vargas not to expect totally believeable plots or painstaking proceduralism. Her detective Adamsberg is charismatic and wondrous strange - Maigret on a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. I. R. Clarke

3.0 out of 5 stars Undecided at this point
I have just ordered another Fred Vargas - but I have to admit I struggled a bit with this book. Whilst having no trouble following the plot, the language felt stilted and awkward... Read more
Published 12 months ago by lmhh

1.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinarily Bad
This was my first Fred Vargas novel. I hope it will be my last.
Wash This Blood... is one of the poorest crime novels I've ever read, and its astonishing that I managed to... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Particular Press

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant detective novel
I'm hooked on Vargas, she is possibly the best crime fiction writer in the world at the moment. On holiday I read this after a couple of other crime novels, including Simon... Read more
Published 19 months ago by andymss

3.0 out of 5 stars The cult of the weird
Why can I not stop reading Fred Vargas, when her books get on my nerves so much ? Do I enjoy being irritated as well as hooked ? Read more
Published 21 months ago by Josephine Huys

1.0 out of 5 stars Is there something wrong with me?
I adore French crime writing. I have devoured Magnan, Claudel, Dufosse, Grange, and came to this book with high hopes.
After ten pages, however, I admitted defeat. Read more
Published on 17 Jul 2007 by Sam Weaver

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