People Like Them

Sedira, Samira

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Everything started one Saturday in July. Anna and Constant Guillot and their two daughters live in the remote mountain village of Carmac. Everyone in Carmac knows each other – that is until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children, the first black family to have lived in the village. The new family’s impressive chalet and expensive cars are in stark contrast with the modesty of those of their neighbours, yet despite their initial differences, the Langlois and the Guillots form an uneasy friendship. But when the Guillot’s finances come under strain, the underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship come to a breaking point, and the unthinkable happens. How could a seemingly ‘normal’ person commit an atrocious crime? And how can that person’s loved ones ever come to terms with it afterwards?

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Publish Date: 23/06/2022

Description

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER IN TRANSLATION‘Disturbing and powerful ? I loved it’ – Leïla Slimani, author of Lullaby‘Icy and chilling… In sharply drawn sentences, Sedira summons the beauty of a small French village, and the shocking acts of the people inside it’ – Flynn Berry, author of the Reese Whitherspoon Book Club pick, Northern SpyYou sprinted all the way to the river. What were you running from?Anna and Constant Guillot and their two daughters live in the peaceful, remote mountain village of Carmac. Everyone in Carmac knows each other, leading simple lives mostly unaffected by the outside world – that is until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children.The new family’s impressive chalet and expensive cars are in stark contrast with the modesty of those of their neighbours, yet despite their initial differences, the Langlois and the Guillots form an uneasy friendship. But when both families come under financial strain, the underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship reach breaking point, culminating in act of abhorrent violence.With piercing psychological insight and gripping storytelling, People Like Them asks the questions: How could a seemingly ordinary person commit the most extraordinary crime? And how could their loved ones ever come to terms with what they’d done?Lullaby meets Little Fires Everywhere, this intense, suspenseful prize-winning novel explores the darker side of human nature – and the terrible things people are capable of.*Winner of the Prix Eugène Dabit*

Additional information

Weight 140 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 16 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

144

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

843.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K