Thierry Jonquet
Paperback | Pages: 129 pages Rating: 3.75 | 2689 Users | 238 Reviews
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| Title | : | Mygale |
| Author | : | Thierry Jonquet |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 129 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2003 by City Lights Publishers (first published 1984) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Horror. Fiction |
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Richard Lafargue is an eminent plastic surgeon haunted by dirty secrets. He has an operating theatre in the basement of his chateau and keeps his partner Eve imprisoned in her bedroom, a room he has equipped with an intercom and 300-watt speakers through which he bellows orders. Eve is only allowed out to be paraded at cocktail parties and on the last Sunday of each month, when the couple visit a young woman in a mental asylum. Following these outings, Lafargue humiliates Eve by forcing her to perform lewd sexual acts with strangers while he watches through a one-way mirror. In alternating chapters, Jonquet introduces seemingly unrelated characters - a criminal on the run after murdering a policeman, and an abducted young man who finds himself chained naked in a dark chamber, forced to endure all manner of physical torture at the hands of a mysterious stranger, whom he calls 'Mygale', after a type of tropical spider. All of these characters are caught in a deceitful web, doomed to meet their fate.Point Books Conducive To Mygale
| Original Title: | Mygale |
| ISBN: | 087286409X (ISBN13: 9780872864092) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Livry-Gargan(France) |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 2689 Users | 238 ReviewsPiece Based On Books Mygale
A great 'making you pay' story that reminds me of Franju's "Eyes Without a Face." It has that slightly surreal horror aspect to it. And many years later I am in Paris and looking for something to read in English, I found Joquet's "Tarantula." I purchased it and once I got on the plane i realized it was the British edition of "Mygale." So that was a disappointing moment. But alas I re-read the book.Its a masterpiece! As I mentioned it does have that Franju horror aspect, but it is also a veryO_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O4.5 SHOCKING STARS!! In order to read this book, perseverance is a must.Someone take me to a mental hospital:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NEWEST EDIT: Due to some enlightening of certain characters and plot twists, I am reading this one NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW. Edit: I'll pick this one back up later. I have no darn clue what's going on, and these words aren't making sense to me.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How do you know me
I saw Pedro Almodóvars film The Skin I live In before discovering this novel and was blown away by it. Reading this has blown me away once again and will remain in my memory for quite some time. This book (packed into just over 100 pages) has left me emotionally reeling, which doesnt happen often enough.This has been mentioned in previous reviews here that the film and novel (although the main plot remains) will be a totally different experience and advise all to do both. Im glad that I could
I love my dark reads, I love them clever, to leave me guessing and at the end to be completely blown away by elements I didn't forsee coming. Tarantula does that and more, what a clever short novel that packed a big punch, full of twists and turns. It sure left an big impact, the writing was skillful and engaging.The main plot narrates the story of expert plastic surgeon, Richard Lafargue, a mysterious character who keeps a woman, Eve, captive in his home. Richard uses Eve to perform for him
of course a french man wrote this[spoilers ahead]this was so absolutely convoluted that i'm not even sure whether it's transphobic or not. that's the thing, it isn't actually about a trans person but also... what's worse is that i know almodóvar's film IS gonna be transphobic because that's how he's always rolled even if it wasn't his intentionthe book itself wasn't boring but like... i fucking hate that a book with this plot even existsi also could see the twist coming from the moment he said
It's not often I pick up a short book and give it a 5 stars (if ever?) but this one really appealed to my inner dark and twisted psyche.What doesn't usually work for me in short reads is they tend to miss out the build up of characters and momentum of a plot. However in this, the ambiguity of both the characters and plot is all part of the story line that builds its own momentum and impetus.The writing is simple but effective, the story unique and base, together they are unusually seductive but
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