Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said. 'A dazzlingly clever and immensely entertaining novel.'-New York Times. What a magnificent thriller this is NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW. Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self. 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. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, Jean has stolen his identity and disappeared. 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. Item #4644 By chance, John and Jean - one English, the other French - meet in a provincial railway station. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Black title block on spine w/tan & black letters. So John 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.Du Maurier, Daphne (1907-1989) The Scapegoat It is not until John wakes the next morning that he realises his French companion has stolen his identity and disappeared. Their resemblance is uncanny, and they spend the evening talking and drinking. I was looking at myself.'īy chance, two men - one English, the other French - meet in a provincial railway station. 'He turned and stared at me and I at him, and I realised, with a strange sense of shock and fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me too well. The Scapegoat is a morally complex, darkly comic and suspenseful movie, adapted from the novel by Daphne du Maurier (Rebecca, Dont Look Now) and featuring compelling performances from the films ensemble cast. 'A good original novel, well tinged with nightmare' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT By chance, John and Jean - one English, the other French - meet in a.

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