'The plot is a marvel of ingenuity and makes most detective stories look primitive by comparison' John Brophy
Gabriel Chevallier was born in Lyon in May 1895. He wrote Clochemerle in 1934 and Propre a Rien in 1938. He died in Cannes in April 1969.
The plot is a marvel of ingenuity and makes most detective stories
look primitive by comparison
*John Brophy*
A fine satire, filled with humorous incidents and much subtle
philosophy. It is for intelligent, open-minded people with a sense
of humour
*Yorkshire Post*
The author has a wonderful eye for village types, and the village
of Clochemerle is built up for us as a shining and integrated whole
- he has chosen to employ his great talents in describing a series
of people, episoded and conversations that are ribald, exaggerated
and bizarre. I must confess that its rollicking grossness pleased
me
*Howard Spring*
A full-blooded uproarious farce in the Rabelaisian tradition
*Times Literary Supplement*
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