Act of Passion
For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility.
Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.
- Author
- Georges Simenon, Louise Varèse, Roger Ebert
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781590173855
- Characters
- Charles Alavoine
- Genres
- fiction, france, crime, mystery, classics, belgium, novels, literature, belgian
- Release date
- 2011
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