The Accident on the A35

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Reading The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau convinced me that Burnet was channeling Simenon; while carrying on in that vein in The Accident on the A35, he now brings in some of the existentialist flavor of Sartre with a side of Camus. The alienation, the desire for freedom, the internal darkness is all there, running throughout the entire novel. Burnet has really done an especially great job with the character of Raymond, who exemplifies the existential angst of doing and feeling what he wants to as opposed to conforming to social expectations; the same is true in the case of the elder Gorski, with the added problems of a failing home life and career which is anything but satisfying. Add into the mix that these dramas play out within the confines of the claustrophobic French town of Saint-Louis, and what may have started as a detective story turns into much more of an examination deep into the realm of the human psyche. And it's not pretty, trust me. Three stars though I disliked events because this author writes compelling, unpredictable and very off-center plots. A spokeswoman from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Rescue Service said: "At 2.56pm yesterday, we were notified by the police about a road traffic collision on Puddletown Bypass.

The victims, aged 34, 25 and 38, died of their injuries at scene while a further two people were rushed to hospital, where they remain with serious injuries.Devon and Cornwall Police said it was called to the busy road - a key route into Dorset - at about 1.40pm between the Axminster and Musbury turn-offs.

A word of warning – don’t expect a thriller with a few curve balls or twists with this book, it’s more of a leisurely paced character-driven journey in which the setting also plays a prominent part. Also, if you’re the sort of person that likes a crime or mystery solved and don’t like things left open-ended then this book may not be for you. Set in Saint-Louis, France, very close to the Tripoint, where France, Germany and Switzerland meet, the main characters are the Chief of Police Georges Gorski, and the Barthelme family – husband and wife Bertrand and Lucette and their 17yo son Raymond. Fans of Georges Simenon’s Inspector Maigret novels will find and enjoy familiar ground in The Accident on the A35 , the second in a trilogy of French detective novels by Scottish writer Graeme Macrae Burnet.’ The Accident on the A35 (2017), like The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau (2014), is another engrossing low key classic. The Accident on the A35 is a literary mystery so expect the mystery to be of less importance than the characters and do not assume that it will be solved. Instead expect a well written, occasionally tongue in cheek, tale of the lives of some rather sad, confused individuals.Not a word of criticism in this review because I can find nothing to criticise. I loved every lean and beautifully placed word of this slim book, and was wholly absorbed from beginning to end. It deserves and gets my highest recommendation – superb! The incident happened at just before 1am on Sunday morning (16 January) on the A1 Northbound near Wothorpe." Police have confirmed they were called at 5.22am to reports of a very serious injury road traffic collision on the A35 at Bridport involving a lorry and another vehicle. His Bloody Project was presented as a collection of documents unearthed by Burnet as he traced his family tree. This time he’s the translator of a French writer named Raymond Brunet, who after publishing The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau killed himself in 1992. Two decades later, on the death of his mother, lawyers acting for Raymond (mark the name) sent his publisher a parcel containing the manuscript of L’Accident sur l’A35. would be keen to hear from any motorists who may have captured the incident, or the events leading up to it, on dashcam footage.

Officers investigating the fatal crash near Dorchester are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward. I’m afraid I struggled with The Accident on the A35 by Graeme Macrae Burnet. It could well have to do with the translation, but as well as being unable to get close to the characters, I couldn’t raise any enthusiasm for the plot. I have still yet to read His Bloody Project (2015), Graeme Macrae Burnet's other book, which many people have told me is marvellous. I'll be putting that right very soon. There were 1,390 reported road deaths in Britain from June 2020 to June 2020, data from the Ministry of Transport shows. With its deft writing and well-rounded characters, this novel is an accomplished and atmospheric police procedural that frequently strays into classic noir badlands.

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So, games within games – and names within names. Attributed to Brunet, an anagram of Burnet, The Accident on the A35 features a protagonist, teenager Raymond Barthelme, who shares the forename and both the initials of the alleged novelist, plus, surely not by chance, the surname of the American, French-influenced postmodern fiction writer, Donald Barthelme. Accident on the A35 is the 2nd in a series, but can definitely be read as a stand-alone. I haven’t read The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau yet and look forward to doing so. I approached The Accident on the A35 with no expectations either way, aware that the original manuscript by French author Raymond Brunet had been delivered to his editor in Paris by his solicitors in Mulhouse following the death of the author’s mother. (Brunet had committed suicide 22 years earlier by throwing himself in front of the train at Saint-Louis). Brunet had published The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau, made into a film by celebrated French director Claude Chabrol, and there was excitement in the literary world that the “new” manuscript had been authenticated and was to be published. Dorset Police are said to be at the scene and no further information has yet been provided. Traffic is being diverted via local routes. Readers who are looking for an explosive “whodunit” plot twist will not find it here. Rather, The Accident on A35 carefully crafts a story of a man who is living a hidden life and who may or may not have been a victim of foul play.