num_pages: 399
description: The Inquisitory consists entirely of the interrogation of an old, deaf servant regarding unspecified crimes that may or may not have taken place at his master's French chateau. The servant's replies - which are by turns comic, straightforward, angry, nostalgic, and disingenuous - hint at a variety of seedy events, including murder, orgies, tax fraud, and drug deals. Of course, the servant wasn't involved with any of these activities - if the reader chooses to believe him. In trying to convince the inquisitor of his innocence, the servant creates a web of half-truths, vague references, and glaring inconsistencies amid "forgotten" details, indicating that he may know more than he's letting on.
language: English
title: Inquisitory
titlecomplete: Inquisitory (John F. Byrne French Literature)
genres: Fiction, France, French Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 113
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: Prix des Critiques
publisher: Dalkey Archive Press