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cheating with a friend's wife
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Eyes Full of Empty
father's disappointment
French mystery
french noir
french noir fiction
French private eye
Guez Jeremie
hard-boiled
immigrant father
immigrant father's disappointment
in the closet
Jeremie Guez
Language_English
literary mystery
media conglomerate war
media empire
media empire heir
media scion
missing heir
noir
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Paris mystery
Parisian fiction
Parisian noir
Parisian private eye
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private detective
private dick
private eye
privileged clientele
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random crying jags
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streets of Paris
uncontrollable crying
wealthy media scion
Product details
- ISBN 9781939419439
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 139 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 31 Dec 2015
- Publisher: Unnamed Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The son of an Algerian immigrant, Idir is a disappointment to his doctor father. Torn between his wealthy school friends and his neighborhood pals, who range from petty thieves to professional criminals, Idir operates easily between worlds, and yet is at home nowhere. Without much effort, Idir becomes one of the Parisian upper crust's most sought-out private dicks, thanks to his understanding of the needs of his privileged clients. The only thing standing in his way is Idir's unfortunate habit of crying uncontrollably. Things change when Oscar Crumley, a wealthy media scion that Idir knew at university, reappears in Idir's life, hiring him to find his missing younger half-brother, Thibaut. Idir assumes it is an open and shut case. But when Idir discovers that Thibaut was hiding his homosexuality from his conservative family, his disappearance takes on sinister connotations. Distracted by his intense affair with the wife of a wealthy friend, Idir ultimately becomes embroiled in a war of lies and corruption between two of France's most powerful media conglomerates.
Inspired by Chandler and the American greats, Guez uses the familiar tropes of noir to create an entirely new language.
Jeremie Guez was born in Paris in 1988 and has already been hailed as the rising star of contemporary French noir. His two previous novels, Balance dans les cordes and Paris la unit, were awarded the 2013 SNCF du Polar and 2012 Plume Libre prizes, respectively. Eyes Full of Empty is the highly anticipated first English translation of Jeremie Guez's work, and the third novel in his Parisian trilogy. He lives in Paris. Edward Gauvin is a prolific translator and the recipient of numerous awards. His work has been featured most recently in The New York Times, Tin House, Best European Fiction 2014, PEN America, Words Without Borders, and Gigantic, among others. He lives in San Jose, CA.
