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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas, a novel which follows a murder investigation, the threat of an epidemic and a town crier all in the centre of contemporary Paris. When people begin to be mysteriously killed and rumours abound that the plague is at the heart of the matter, Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg opens up an investigation to get to the bottom of the case. Have Mercy on Us All was Vargas’s first novel to be translated into English, and it was later made into a film which was released in 2007. Fred Vargas is a French writer, historian and archaeologist who has written several series of detective novels. She has won a range of literary awards, both in France and abroad.
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas, a novel which follows a murder investigation, the threat of an epidemic and a town crier all in the centre of contemporary Paris. When people begin to be mysteriously killed and rumours abound that the plague is at the heart of the matter, Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg opens up an investigation to get to the bottom of the case. Have Mercy on Us All was Vargas’s first novel to be translated into English, and it was later made into a film which was released in 2007. Fred Vargas is a French writer, historian and archaeologist who has written several series of detective novels. She has won a range of literary awards, both in France and abroad.
Find out everything you need to know about Have Mercy on Us All in a fraction of the time!
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• A complete plot summary
• Character studies
• Key themes and symbols
• Questions for further reflection
Why choose BrightSummaries.com?
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Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries
French novelist and essayist
Born in 1957 in Paris.
Notable works:
This Night’s Foul Work (2006), detective novel
An Uncertain Place (2008), detective novel
The Ghost Riders of Ordebec (2011), detective novel
Fred Vargas (real name Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau) was born in Paris in 1957. She is a writer, historian and archaeologist who has worked as a medieval archaeologist at Belgium’s National Fund for Scientific Research. Her pseudonym comes from the diminutive (Fred) of her given name and the character Maria Vargas, played by Ava Gardner in the film The Barefoot Contessa (directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1954). The author’s twin sister, the painter Jo Vargas, chose the same pseudonym.
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