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2022: Buried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet….
The Birthday Party
What you need to know before your trail
Buried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family’s farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbour, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wife’s fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlet’s quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar car rolling up the driveway. And as night falls, strangers stalk the houses, unleashing a nightmarish chain of events.
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Rural France and fictional Le Bassée
The region in the book is fictional but the author lives in Tours and so this area is the one of interest on the map.
There is an area called La Bassée but this is further north. Location is important in this story but just for the smallness of where the action takes place. This could be any rural hamlet in France. What makes it chilling is who lives there.
The novel mixes genres and pays homage to the films of Jean Cocteau, Robert Bresson and Claude Chabrol.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Birthday Party
Destination: France Author/guide: Laurent Mauvignier Departure Time: 2022
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