Lost Bodies

Francois Gantheret

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Published by Vintage, part of Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback

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EAN: 9780099484974
Published: 3 May 2007

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Synopsis

In a desert prison camp, a man is rotting, half-alive, at the bottom of a well. Andrès has been there, alongside others suffering the same punishment, for many years.

On the outskirts of the camp, Tamia hides behind rocks, hoping to hear news of her lover who she thinks is a prisoner. After months of furtive meetings with one of the guards she has seduced, she finally learns that her man died months ago. That same night, she finds Andrès making his escape...

Lost Bodies is both a heartbreaking love story and a searing tale of terrorism and political repression.

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What the critics say

A tightly plotted psychological suspense story that delivers, on the way, a sharp-focused worm's-eye view of terrorism and repression in north Africa
- Rachel Hore

Events unfold to the beat of a story so beautifully made that you scarcely note its shapely precision until it is over... powerful and brutal... engrossing
- Scotland on Sunday

Gantheret writes with a tough sensuality reminiscent of Michael Ondaatje
- Literary Review

An emotionally intimate tale of personal lives under an intolerant government
- Time Out

A delicate, unusual love story... With swift, spare strokes, Gantheret creates two strong, utterly believable people, flawed and suffering yet far from pitiable. Tania, in particular,... is a superb heroine, easy to love and hard to leave
- Metro

Surprising and moving tale of love and humanity
- The Works