The Scapegoat
Author | : Daphne du Maurier |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2013-12-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780316252980 |
ISBN-13 | : 0316252980 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Scapegoat written by Daphne du Maurier and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A dazzlingly clever and immensely entertaining novel." --New York Times By chance, John and Jean--one English, the other French--meet in a provincial railway station. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John falls into a drunken stupor. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, Jean has stolen his identity and disappeared. So the Englishman steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles - as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing. Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self.