Mygale (City Lights Noir, 4)
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780872864092
Subjects: Mystery & Detective - General; Fiction; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Mystery/Suspense; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; General
First sentence: Richard Lafargue paced slowly along the graveled walk.
Description: "Richard Lafargue, a well-known plastic surgeon, pursues and captures Vincent Moreau, who raped Lafargue's daughter and left her hopelessly mad in an asylum. Lafargue is determined to exact an atrocious vengeance, and an ambiguous, even sadomasochistic relationship develops between self-appointed executioner and victim."--BOOK JACKET.