"Absolute Perfection of Crime" is a novel with all the originality, toughness, and surprises of the best black-and-white film noir. American film noir, along with the modern, gritty visions of directors such as Martin Scorsese and Abel Ferrara, have shaped Viel's imagination and literary style.
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"Absolute Perfection of Crime" is a novel with all the originality, toughness, and surprises of the best black-and-white film noir. American film noir, along with the modern, gritty visions of directors such as Martin Scorsese and Abel Ferrara, have shaped Viel's imagination and literary style.
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New. Hardcover New Ships From Canada New in new dust jacket Glued binding Paper over boards 128 p Audience: General/trade From Publishers Weekly: Viel's English-language debut, a crime novel about a band of aging crooks who reunite to rob a casino in a French coastal town, is a small but polished gem that sparkles from start to finish The slim volume opens with the anonymous first-person narrator meeting an old friend named Marin, just released from prison, who proceeds to give the narrator a thorough beating-for old time's sake Marin and the narrator then get down to the business of planning a perfect crime-for old time's sake They work with an old comrade and surveillance pro, Andrei, and a former cellmate of Marin's named Lucho, a suspicious character who refuses cognac ("'"we don't have fun unless we drink, "'" the affronted narrator explains to him) The robbery commences with the narrator and a moll named Jeanne deliberately losing a large sum so that they can complain and distract managem.
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