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A review by tommooney
The Executioner Weeps by Frédéric Dard
4.0
Jesus, that was a dark and disturbing slice of French noir.
Daniel, a French artist, is on a break near Barcelona. Driving down a road one night, a young woman throws herself in front of his car in an apparent act of suicide. When he goes to the body, however, he realises she is still alive. Fearful of the consequences, he takes the girl back to his hotel. She awakes with severe amnesia, remembering nothing of her previous life. Daniel then becomes obsessed with her, instilling himself as her boyfriend and the central character in her new life.
But, as he delves deeper into her forgotten past, he discovers the real, shocking reason she threw herself in front of his car.
Grisly, grim and weaving from noir into horror, this is a very effective and highly creepy novel. The only complaint is in the editing - it is absolutely full of mistakes and typos.
Daniel, a French artist, is on a break near Barcelona. Driving down a road one night, a young woman throws herself in front of his car in an apparent act of suicide. When he goes to the body, however, he realises she is still alive. Fearful of the consequences, he takes the girl back to his hotel. She awakes with severe amnesia, remembering nothing of her previous life. Daniel then becomes obsessed with her, instilling himself as her boyfriend and the central character in her new life.
But, as he delves deeper into her forgotten past, he discovers the real, shocking reason she threw herself in front of his car.
Grisly, grim and weaving from noir into horror, this is a very effective and highly creepy novel. The only complaint is in the editing - it is absolutely full of mistakes and typos.