English language
Published Nov. 19, 2006 by New York Review Books.
English language
Published Nov. 19, 2006 by New York Review Books.
Hector Loursat, a lawyer, has lived as a drunken recluse since his wife left him 18 years before. Estranged even from his own daughter, his mind is numbed by bottles of Burgundy. But when a body is found in his home, the investigation unearths secrets that shake Loursat's seclusion to the core.