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    A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of A Climate of Fear with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas, the ninth novel featuring Commissaire Adamsberg. Two apparent suicides are linked by a mysterious symbol found near the bodies, drawing Adamsberg into an investigation involving a double murder committed in Iceland ten years earlier and a secretive association dedicated to reenacting the early days of the French Revolution. Through a gripping dual narrative, the novel raises unsettling questions about the rationale behind human choices and the influence our ancestors have on our behaviour. Fred Vargas is a French writer, historian and archaeologist who has written several cycles of detective novels. She has won a range of literary awards, both in France and abroad.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateSep 22, 2017
    ISBN9782808004428
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      A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      A creator of deadly labyrinths

      Born in Paris in 1957.

      Notable works:

      Have Mercy on Us All (2001; English translation published in 2003), novel

      This Night’s Foul Work (2006; English translation published in 2008), novel

      The Ghost Riders of Ordebec (2011; English translation published in 2013), novel

      The main passion of Fred Vargas (real name Frédérique Audouin-Rouzeau) is the Middle Ages. She is an expert in eukaryotic archaeology, in which she holds a doctorate, and wrote her first novel, Les Jeux de l’amour et de la mort (Games of Love and Death, 1986), while on a dig. This novel is part of the prestigious Le Masque collection for crime fiction and was awarded the prize for best debut novel at the Festival du Cognac, which focuses on police and crime writing.

      Vargas chose her pseudonym based on that of her twin sister, the painter Jo Vargas, and in the 1990s began a cycle of novels based around the character of Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg. She has found success in the domains of both literature and film, as some of her books have been adapted for the screen.

      A secret in Iceland and the bloodshed of the Terror

      Genre: crime novel

      Reference edition: Vargas, F. (2017) A Climate of Fear. Trans. Reynolds, S. London: Transworld.

      1st edition: 2015 (first English edition 2016)

      Themes: inquiry, murder, cannibalism, French Revolution, guillotine, Iceland

      A simple letter that a dying woman tries in vain to post ends up in the pocket of Marie-France and triggers a new inquiry, led by Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, the head

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