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Author Sedira, Samira, author

Title People like them / Samira Sedira ; translated from French by Lara Vergnaud
Published London : Raven Books, 2021
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Description 178 pages ; 22 cm
Summary Anna and Constant Guillot live with their two daughters in the peaceful, remote mountain village of Carmac, largely deaf to the upheavals of the outside world. Everyone in Carmac knows each other, and most of its residents look alike--until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children. Wealthy and flashy, the family of five are outsiders in the small town, their impressive chalet and three expensive cars a stark contrast with the modesty of those of their neighbours. Despite their differences, the Langlois and the Guillots form an uneasy, ambiguous friendship. But when both families begin experiencing financial troubles, the underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship come to a breaking point, and the unthinkable happens. With piercing psychological insight and gripping storytelling, People Like Them asks: How could a seemingly "normal" person commit an atrocious crime? How could that person's loved ones ever come to terms with it afterward? And how well can you really know your own spouse?
Notes "Originally published in French as Des gens comme eux by Éditions de Rouergue, Rodez"--Title page verso
Translated from the French
Subject Social classes -- Fiction
Race -- Fiction
Murder -- Fiction
SUBJECT France -- Fiction
Genre/Form Thrillers (Ficton).
Reading nook.
Author Vergnaud, Lara, translator
LC no. jb2021059892
ISBN 9781526638601 (paperback)
Other Titles Des gens comme eux. English