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Tarantula (Paperback)
by Thierry Jonquet (Author)
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Product details
  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Serpent's Tail (10 Nov 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1852428953
  • ISBN-13: 978-1852428952
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 436,783 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Arena
A funky, pulpy folk horror... Pedro Almodóvar is making it into a movie. CSI meets Live Flesh Arena can't wait

Synopsis
Richard Lafargue is an eminent plastic surgeon haunted by dirty secrets. He has an operating theatre in the basement of his chateau and keeps his partner Eve imprisoned in her bedroom, a room he has equipped with an intercom and 300-watt speakers through which he bellows orders. Eve is only allowed out to be paraded at cocktail parties and on the last Sunday of each month, when the couple visit a young woman in a mental asylum. Following these outings, Lafargue humiliates Eve by forcing her to perform lewd sexual acts with strangers while he watches through a one-way mirror. In alternating chapters, Jonquet introduces seemingly unrelated characters - a criminal on the run after murdering a policeman, and an abducted young man who finds himself chained naked in a dark chamber, forced to endure all manner of physical torture at the hands of a mysterious stranger, whom he calls 'Mygale', after a type of tropical spider. All of these characters are caught in a deceitful web, doomed to meet their fate.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Dark yet enlightening, 4 April 2007
A short, direct thriller of a book. Simple narrative with a steady flow. Plotline very straightforward.

Very clever and superbly written although rather short. I guess good things come in small packages.

Highly recommended if you prefer a short, snappy read that's a little on the 'dark' side.

I will certainly keep an eye for more work by this promising author.
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