Name: A Patient Death: An Émile Cinq-Mars Novel
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Author: John Farrow
ISBN: 9781550969856

portada A Patient Death: An Émile Cinq-Mars Novel

A Patient Death: An Émile Cinq-Mars Novel

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Farrow

Publisher

Exile Editions

Language

English

Pages

305

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6 x 15.0 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781550969856

Synopsis "A Patient Death: An Émile Cinq-Mars Novel"

In John Farrow's riveting 10th novel featuring his iconic detective É mile Cinq-Mars, an investigation into a peculiar rash of deaths, in which the elderly sitting up straight suddenly " pop off," lays bare the roots and intricacies of the opioid crisis. Retired from the Montreal Police Service, Cinq-Mars is tapped by a State Trooper to look into deaths being booked as " natural causes." Should they perhaps be viewed differently, as suspicious? Cinq-Mars's foray draws him into a mysterious clique of elderly women, working women, and a teenaged girl on crutches, which leads to a harrowing ordeal when he's struck by an assassin's bullet. Will death be sufficiently patient with him that from his hospital bed he can resolve how and why the elderly on one side of a state line die quickly and mysteriously while on the other their deaths are slow and agonizing? What is the scheme? Who is behind it all? Will his assassin strike again? As he investigates, and considers a move with his wife to her family home, É mile Cinq-Mars encounters the secrets of a New Hampshire community wracked by tragedy, and meets the valiant women who will struggle to save him, as he has struggled to save them.

John Farrow

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John Villiers Farrow (10 de febrero de 1904, Sídney, Australia – 27 de enero de 1963, Beverly Hills, Estados Unidos) fue un director de cine, guionista y escritor australiano-estadounidense. Inició su carrera en Hollywood como guionista en los años treinta y pronto destacó como director en géneros como el cine negro, la aventura y el bélico. Su estilo se caracterizó por una narrativa sólida y una puesta en escena eficaz, lo que le permitió consolidarse en la industria durante la época dorada del cine. Además de su trabajo cinematográfico, desarrolló una faceta literaria vinculada a temas históricos y religiosos.

Entre sus obras escritas destaca Damien the Leper, una biografía sobre el padre Damián de Molokai (conocido en español como Padre Damián: el apóstol de los leprosos), donde refleja su interés por figuras de fuerte dimensión moral. En el ámbito cinematográfico, dirigió títulos como Around the World in Eighty Days junto a otros realizadores, producción que obtuvo el Premio Óscar a la mejor película, reforzando su prestigio dentro de la industria. Su trayectoria combina cine y literatura con un enfoque narrativo directo y efectivo.

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