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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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 216
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781590173855
  • Characters
  • Charles Alavoine
  • Genres
  • fiction, france, crime, mystery, classics, belgium, novels, literature, belgian
  • Release date
  • 2011