| Title | : | The Scapegoat |
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| Author | : | Daphne du Maurier |
| Release | : | 2014-12-16 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Mysteries & Thrillers |
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| 1 | The Scapegoat | Daphne du Maurier |
| By chance, John and Jean -- one English, the other French -- meet in a provincial railway station. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John falls into a drunken stupor. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, Jean has stolen his identity and disappeared. So the Englishman steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles - as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing. Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self. "A dazzlingly clever and immensely entertaining novel."-New York Times |
