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Write to Kill Paperback – January 1, 2000

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Benjamin Malaussne is a downtrodden publisher at Vendetta Press. Treated as a scapegoat by Queen Zabo, the redoubtable doyenne of publishing, he has finally had enough. After one row too many with her, he resigns, only to have Zabo offer him a starring role. All he has to do is impersonate the world's best-loved but hitherto anonymous author, J.L.B.

But things are never simple for Malaussne and his extended family of misfits and chancers. Soon he is in deep, faced with the theft of a manuscript, a frenzied readership, his private life in disarray, and a spate of connected murders that threaten to destroy Vendetta Press.

Write to Kill is the third of four crime novels set in the Belleville quarter of Paris. The Fairy Gunmother and The Scapegoat are also available from Harvill.

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"...it has all the earmarks of achieving the kind of cult success in other countries that it did in France." -- Barry Forshaw, Crime Time

"Stylish without being mannered, fast-paced while meandering aimlessly." --
Lilian Pizzichini, The Independent on Sunday

About the Author

Daniel Pennac was born in Casablanca in 1944. He lives in Paris, France.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvill Pr; 0 edition (January 1, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1860467261
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1860467264
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2013
    These books are a fun read with a nice sardonic kick. Originally written in French, they are not merely a topical read but can apply to almost anywhere people live.
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2001
    This should have been an illustrated novel (bande desinee). (Pennac is an illustrator of Tardi BDs.) Vivid, memorable characterization, but marred by a kludgy, repetitive translation; misses wry and hits cute too often. The plot thrums along though suffers at the end from the same thing that marred "Smilla's Sense of Snow", a desperate sprint for the finish line. Writer blinded by science and hoping you'll believe the implausible ending. Still, fresh, barbed and imaginative.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 1999
    If you're looking for a witty, breathtaking and original story, with deep things in it but which doesn't cry out loud "hey look I'm deep", with that little surreal touch that breaks into the reality, go for the Malaussène stories. This is the 3rd one. Start with the first "the scapegoat".(I read those in french, hope the translation is good).
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