Zone

Zone

Mathias Enard • Fitzcarraldo Editions

ISBN-10: 180427173X · ISBN-13: 978‑1804271735 · 2014

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The Nile on eBay Zone by Mathias Enard, Charlotte Mandell Francis Mirkovic, a French Intelligence Services agent for fifteen years, is travelling first class on the train from Milan to Rome. Exhausted by alcohol and amphetamines, he revisits the violent history of the Zone and his own participation in that violence, beginning as a mercenary fighting for a far-right Croatian militia in the 1990s. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Francis Mirkovic, a French Intelligence Services agent for fifteen years, is travelling first class on the train from Milan to Rome. Handc￭ to the luggage rack above him is a briefcase containing a wealth of information about the war criminals, terrorists and arms dealers of the Zone - the Mediterranean region, from Barcelona to Beirut, from Algiers to Trieste, which has become his speciality - to sell to the Vatican. Exhausted by alcohol and amphetamines, he revisits the violent history of the Zone and his own participation in that violence, beginning as a mercenary fighting for a far-right Croatian militia in the 1990s. The result is a modern masterpiece...' - David Collard, Times Literary Supplement ' - ' '[T]he material of a conventional thriller has been sublimated into an atmosphere of violence, power and cruelty; humanity here is little more than a vector through which various kinds of insanity flow.' - Nicholas Lezard, Guardian ' - ' '[T]he brilliance of Zone lies in its brutal refusal to stop. a Flaubertian encyclopaedia of our times at the end of a violent century.' - Stephen Burn, New York Times ' - '' - Details ISBN 180427173X Author Charlotte Mandell Publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions Language English ISBN-10 180427173X ISBN-13 9781804271735 Format Paperback Imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Charlotte Mandell Audience General Year 2024 Pages 496 Translated from French Alternative 9780992974701 Publication Date 2024-12-05 UK Release Date 2024-12-05 DEWEY 843.92 Country of Origin GB Product Class Description General & Literary Fiction NZ Release Date 2025-03-18 AU Release Date 2025-03-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.

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