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Double Jeopardy by Jean Echenoz (1993, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherGodine Publisher, David R.

ISBN-100879239166

ISBN-139780879239169

eBay Product ID (ePID)173655

Product Key Features

Book TitleDouble Jeopardy

Number of Pages231 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General

Publication Year1993

GenreFiction

AuthorJean Echenoz

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight19.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal843/.914

SynopsisIn a typical conflation of mystery, comedy, and the remarkable, fortune-teller Bouc Bel-Air tells Paul J., "Everything will come in twos, always more or less in twos." Little does Paul realize that he and his friend will be caught in a wild adventure of gun running, robbery, and insurrection, taking them to distant Malaysia aboard the mutinous Boustrophedon in which characters, events, and plot lines double each other like so many mirrors. A thrilling adventure la Conrad, a sly black comedy, and a finely crafted work of literature., "Double Jeopardy recounts the twin stories spanning two generations of two pairs of male buddies. . . . Transglobal gunrunning, insurrection in a Malaysian rubber plantation, storm-tossed stowaways, mutiny at high sea, armed bank robberies, cannibalism under the streets of Paris and, of course, the infinite complications of unrequited love-all drive the reader from page to page. Yet it is Echenoz's voice, the most distinctive French voice of his generation, that holds us under its spell with its legerdemain of witty turns of phrase, inspired metaphors, fresh pop culture allusions, and the wackiest cast of characters this side of a David Lynch movie."-Washington Post Book World.