The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau : An Inspector Gorski Investigation (Hardcover)

from janerawoof

Amazing how the author managed to get into the minds of his two main characters, the loner Manfred and the policeman, Gorski. According to the translator's comments the town and restaurant along with its customers were portrayed accurately although events were fictitious.

from downstreamer

Reading this book after "His Bloody Project" lets me see how "The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau" was a sort of dry run for the later book. The trick Burnet has perfected is a sort of variation on the limited third person omniscient narrative structure. We live inside the head of the protagonist j...

from Beamis12

3.5 incredibly dark and insidiously creepy. Manfred, such an unlikable character, a man who is immersed in his routines, socially awkward, and well, extremely dull. When a young woman, a waitress at a restaurant Manfred visits daily, goes missing, he finds himself subject to police scrutiny. Gors...

from lauriebrown54

Obviously this is a work of fiction, but it goes further than you'd think at first glance. The translator's afterword states that Brunet (how close to Burnet that is!) wrote the book in 1982 and it became a cult hit and later, a film. Brunet's life is given in short form. But this is illusion; th...

from runner56

A smart, stylish story dissecting the life of one Manfred Baumann a strangely introverted man who works at the bank in Saint-Louis and dines most lunchtimes and evenings at The Restaurant De La Cloche. He regards, in an almost salacious way, a young waitress called Adele Bedeau and when she disap...