ISBN? - 9781444724288Publishing? - 2012 by Sceptre (first published 2011)Genre? - Historical / MysteryCharacters? - Jean-Baptiste / Ziguette / Jeanne / Armand / Marie / LecoeurSetting? - Paris (France)Series? - N/ATitle? - Purifying a putrid cemeteryCharacter Analysis? - I liked how all of the ch...
Rice, fish, natto and green tea are exchanged for bread rolls and coffee, kasutera cakes, smoked ham, cheese cut from large, waxy blocks. Almost all of it was bought from the German delicatessen on the Ginza. Now, without any discussion between them, they have stopped going there. Was it the fall...
He is not used to carrying secrets, and the undisclosed truth sits in his gut like one of the Monnards’ savoury jellies. It is, he knows, the inescapable influence of his mother’s religion, that deadly emphasis on conscience, on tireless moral book-keeping. It is also the desire to offer somethin...