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"Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and fear and nausea all combined, that his face and…
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2 authors picked The Scapegoat as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
An enchanting psychological thriller about a man who unwittingly swaps lives with a wealthy doppelganger. Set in provincial France in the 1950s, this picturesque tale is full of charm and mystery yet at its heart, is about familial and romantic love. It was made into a film in 1959 with Alec Guinness and remade in 2012. One of du Maurier's more warming reads!
I read this book as quickly as I could, picking it up whenever I had the chance to, and thinking about it in the moments in between. I found it in an outdoor library, in a small village in France. It was the only book in English, so it was complete chance that I started to read it. And this book is all about chance. What would happen if you bumped into someone who looked so exactly like you that they could step into your life and live it for you, and no one would notice? This book constantly questions…
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