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Le Contrat (Rivages Noir) (French Edition) 🔍
Westlake, Donald E. [Westlake, Donald E.] Payot & Rivages, Rivages/Thriller, Paris, ©2000
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Tout commence dans la salle de lecture d'une bibliothèque de Manhattan. Bryce Proctorr, auteur à succès, y prend des notes pour son prochain roman, qu'il a d'ailleurs du mal à commencer. Il faut dire que Bryce est en train de divorcer et que Lucie, sa future ex-femme, a juré de le saigner à blanc. Soudain, il aperçoit Wayne Prentice, un "collègue" qui n'a pas eu sa chance, du moins en termes de ventes, et qui voit son crédit fondre auprès des éditeurs. Les deux hommes exposent leurs difficultés respectives et Bryce a alors une idée de génie : Wayne a un manuscrit, mais pas d'éditeur ; Bryce a un éditeur, mais pas de manuscrit. Wayne va donc "vendre" son oeuvre à Bryce qui la fera publier sous son nom, et les bénéfices seront répartis de façon égale. Séduit, Wayne accepte. Mais Bryce ajoute une clause très particulière à l'étrange contrat qui les lie : son épouse doit mourir... Dans la lignée du Couperet, Westlake dissèque les moeurs éditoriales américaines en un récit implacable, couronné par l'un de ces dénouements saisissants dont il a le secret.
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zlib/no-category/Westlake, Donald E. [Westlake, Donald E.]/Le contrat_12026307.epub
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The hook
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Rivages/thriller, Paris, c2000
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October 21, 2000
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France, France
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2000-10-21
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In the history of literary collaborations, there has never been one as fiendishly fascinating--and exquisitely explosive--as the one that Donald E. Westlake has cooked up in his new novel. The tale of two men who live in a world of fiction, words, scenes, characters, and the tyranny of the New York Times bestseller list, The Hook brilliantly unveils a literary deception fueled by envy, fury, guilt, anger, and admiration. When Wayne Prentice sells his soul to his old friend, he begins a Hitchcockian journey to all the things he has ever wanted--at a price far too great to pay. . . .Once again, Donald E. Westlake proves that on the landscape of American letters he is a unique force of his own. From his hilarious Dortmunder comic capers to his novels written under the name of Richard Stark and his psychologically galvanizing The Ax, Westlake has delivered one agonizing twist and turn after another. In The Hook he is at his best. And for the reader, there is no getting away.
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Tout commence dans la salle de lecture d'une bibliothèque de Manhattan. Bryce Proctorr, auteur à succès, y prend des notes pour son prochain roman, qu'il a du mal à commencer. Il faut dire que Bryce est au milieu d'un divorce particulièrement pénible, et que Lucie, sa future ex-femme, a promis de le saigner à blanc ..
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