The Godmother: A Crime Novel by Cayre, Hannelore
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The Godmother: A Crime Novel by Cayre, Hannelore
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ECW Press
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1770415432
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9781770415430
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Godmother : a Crime Novel
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192 Pages
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English
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Thrillers / Suspense, Crime, Thrillers / General, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime
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2019
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Fiction
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Trade Paperback
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7.2 Oz
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8.2 in
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5.2 in
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"It's a pleasure to read such a complex, strong female character, at this stage of life ... While not a long book, The Godmother packs a lot of story into its 197 pages, and is driven by some snappy dialogue. Patience is one character that will linger with you long after the final page. This is an unusual crime novel, perfect to curl up with over the weekend." -- Better Reading, "Cayre's middle-aged protagonist delivers her darkly comic adventure in the underworld with sardonic intelligence . . . [Cayre's] trick is a magnificent one: Patience's irresistible narration, never didactic, moves at an impressive clip as the reader roots all the while for the criminal -- a woman in a man's world, battling race, age and gender while cheerfully ignoring ethics." -- New York Times Book Review, "Packed full of dark humor, keen observation, a suspenseful plot and a stand-out main character ... I was instantly struck by the quality of the prose and the attendant storytelling ... What a book!" -- Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, "This slender and sardonic novel, a prizewinning best seller in France, features a middle-aged heroine as a drug-running crime boss and offers an entire ethnographic study of North African immigrants in the Parisian suburbs." -- The New York Times, " The Godmother was sassy and fun and from the first page I was immediately smitten with our narrator, the Widow Portefeux ... The pacing in The Godmother was excellent and the overall length of the novel was perfect, leaving me more than satisfied but wanting more. The translation by Smee was flawless and smooth. Cayre's writing was wickedly funny and I found myself laughing out loud more than a few times." -- Crazy Book Lady Reviews blog, "This book is exuberant and understated all at once; an almost stream-of-consciousness calamity of French darkness and humour, it follows a woman with more practicality than passion who sees the world in myriad fascinating ways. It's thrilling to read a crime novel from the point of view of the Bad Guy ( and without the usual prologues and asides of a predator's grim thoughts) ... Translated with spunk by Stephanie Smee, this is absolute champagne entertainment." -- Readings bookstore, "Cayre is droll and without illusions about human nature. That she describes the lives and crimes of the petty drug dealers without social-working them is bracing. And she plots so cunningly she might have written the entire French TV series Spiral , or a compact version of The Wire ." -- The Monthly, " Breaking Bad meets Weeds , with a French suburban twist ... Acerbic and witty, casting a sharp eye on both failing social systems and the fruitless 'war on drugs', Patience is one of the standout characters in this year's crime fiction crop, and you'll be rooting for her all the way." -- The Guardian, "Exuberant ... Maybe crime doesn't pay, but the guile and guts -- and humour -- with which Patience approaches this extreme solution to her desperate situation, right under the noses of law enforcement, is admirable, as are her survival instincts. Readers will be anxious about the fate of the forthright, sympathetic Patience up to the final page. It's no surprise that this novel won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, France's most prestigious award for crime fiction." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED review, "Exuberant . . . Maybe crime doesn't pay, but the guile and guts -- and humour -- with which Patience approaches this extreme solution to her desperate situation, right under the noses of law enforcement, is admirable, as are her survival instincts. Readers will be anxious about the fate of the forthright, sympathetic Patience up to the final page. It's no surprise that this novel won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, France's most prestigious award for crime fiction." -- Publishers Weekly, "Breaking Bad meets Weeds, with a French suburban twist . . . Acerbic and witty, casting a sharp eye on both failing social systems and the fruitless 'war on drugs', Patience is one of the standout characters in this year's crime fiction crop, and you'll be rooting for her all the way." -- The Guardian, " The Godmother is witty, pithy and distinctively French with an emphasis on character development rather than action although there's no shortage of that, either ... Cayre is a first-rate novelist and she doesn't waste a word in this excellent short novel with dealers, traffickers, cops and quirky Frenchmen all getting their time on the page. Compliments are also due to translator Stephanie Smee who keeps the pace going and seems to get the rhythm of the language in the original." -- Globe and Mail
Synopsis
Meet Patience Portefeux, an underpaid Franco-Arab interpreter for the Ministry of Justice who specializes in phone tapping. Happening upon a particularly revealing set of police wiretaps, Patience uses the secret conversations to intervenes and infiltrate a massive drug deal. She thus embarks on a new career path: she becomes The Godmother., Inspiration for the major motion picture Mama Weed; translated from the international bestseller La Daronne, winner of the European Crime Fiction Prize and the Grand Prix de Litt rature Polici re, France's most prestigious prize for crime fiction Meet Patience Portefeux, a fifty-three-year-old, underpaid Franco-Arab interpreter for the Ministry of Justice who specializes in phone tapping. Widowed after the sudden death of her husband, Patience is now wedged between university fees for her grown-up daughters and nursing home costs for her aging mother. Happening upon an especially revealing set of police wiretaps ahead of all other authorities, Patience makes a life-altering decision that sees her intervening in -- and infiltrating -- the machinations of a massive drug deal. She thus embarks on an entirely new career path: Patience becomes The Godmother. This is not the French idyll of postcards and stock photos. With a gallery of traffickers, dealers, police officers, and politicians, The Godmother casts its sharp and amusing gaze on everyday survival in contemporary France. With an unforgettable woman at its center, Hannelore Cayre's bestselling novel reveals a European criminal underground that has rarely been seen., A New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2019" Inspiration for the major motion picture Mama Weed Translated from the international bestseller La Daronne Winner of the European Crime Fiction Prize and the Grand Prix de Litt rature Polici re, France's most prestigious prize for crime fiction "Exuberant... Maybe crime doesn't pay, but the guile and guts -- and humour -- with which Patience approaches this extreme solution to her desperate situation, right under the noses of law enforcement, is admirable, as are her survival instincts. Readers will be anxious about the fate of the forthright, sympathetic Patience up to the final page. It's no surprise that this novel won the Grand Prix de Litt rature Polici re, France's most prestigious award for crime fiction." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review Meet Patience Portefeux, a fifty-three-year-old, underpaid Franco-Arab interpreter for the Ministry of Justice who specializes in phone tapping. Widowed after the sudden death of her husband, Patience is now wedged between university fees for her grown-up daughters and nursing home costs for her aging mother. Happening upon an especially revealing set of police wiretaps ahead of all other authorities, Patience makes a life-altering decision that sees her intervening in -- and infiltrating -- the machinations of a massive drug deal. She thus embarks on an entirely new career path: Patience becomes The Godmother. This is not the French idyll of postcards and stock photos. With a gallery of traffickers, dealers, police officers, and politicians, The Godmother casts its sharp and amusing gaze on everyday survival in contemporary France. With an unforgettable woman at its center, Hannelore Cayre's bestselling novel reveals a European criminal underground that has rarely been seen., A New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2019" Inspiration for the major motion picture Mama Weed Translated from the international bestseller La Daronne Winner of the European Crime Fiction Prize and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, France's most prestigious prize for crime fiction "Exuberant... Maybe crime doesn't pay, but the guile and guts -- and humour -- with which Patience approaches this extreme solution to her desperate situation, right under the noses of law enforcement, is admirable, as are her survival instincts. Readers will be anxious about the fate of the forthright, sympathetic Patience up to the final page. It's no surprise that this novel won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, France's most prestigious award for crime fiction." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review Meet Patience Portefeux, a fifty-three-year-old, underpaid Franco-Arab interpreter for the Ministry of Justice who specializes in phone tapping. Widowed after the sudden death of her husband, Patience is now wedged between university fees for her grown-up daughters and nursing home costs for her aging mother. Happening upon an especially revealing set of police wiretaps ahead of all other authorities, Patience makes a life-altering decision that sees her intervening in -- and infiltrating -- the machinations of a massive drug deal. She thus embarks on an entirely new career path: Patience becomes The Godmother. This is not the French idyll of postcards and stock photos. With a gallery of traffickers, dealers, police officers, and politicians, The Godmother casts its sharp and amusing gaze on everyday survival in contemporary France. With an unforgettable woman at its center, Hannelore Cayre's bestselling novel reveals a European criminal underground that has rarely been seen.
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