The Moment Before Drowning, Hardcover
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""Brydon's provocative and unsettling first novel...is a remarkably assured debut by a gifted new writer.""--Publishers Weekly, STARRED reivew""An exploration of political oppression wrapped in a carefully constructed mystery. In Brydon's auspicious debut...the characters are alive and the mystery is mostly satisfying. An erudite and entertaining addition to the shelf.""--Kirkus Reviews""Brydon packs in so much emotion, suspense, tension, and heartbreak. This story literally took my breath away...This author is one to be reckoned with and I hope his next literary work will be published soon. Most highly recommended.""--Marjorie's World of Books (blog)""From the Battle of Algiers, to the austere abutments of the Brittany coast, The Moment Before Drowning is a carefully weighted novel that strips the glamour from what people can do without ever simplifying the reasons why they do it. An engrossing and expansive tale.""--Luke Mc Callin, author of The Ashes of Berlin""This book haunted me--the protagonist's moral conflict is so poignant, the writing is luminescent, and the postwar French and Algerian landscapes are immaculately drawn. Take a bit of Albert Camus, mix in some Nobel Prize-winning Patrick Modiano, add a dollop of French noir, and voil , you have James Brydon's The Moment Before Drowning.""--Denise Hamilton, author of Damage Control""After spending two years in Algeria with the French military, Jacques le Garrec, a Resistance hero and former detective, returns home in disgrace to a desolate snow-laden seacoast village in Brittany to await his own trial for a horrific incident that occurred during his time in Algeria...What seems a deceptive title becomes a metaphor for le Garrec's journey in The Moment Before Drowning--a gripping, atmospheric, submersive novel that is deeply layered and delicately nuanced. I couldn't put this book down.""--Cara Black, author of Murder in Saint-Germain December 1959: A furious anticolonial war rages in Algeria. Captain Jacques le Garrec, a
