Tell A Friend About This Item

First Edition, First Printing. A near Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. The true story of Florence Romand and her two children, Antoine and Caroline, who were pulled from their blazing home in the Jura region of France and the father, Jean-Claude, the only one alive was badly burned and in a coma. Examination revealed that Florence and her children had died before the fire, she from head injuries the children from bullet wounds. When a relative went to break the terrible news to the father's parents he found them shot dead, killed by the stranger who had been their son. Jean-Claude had been living a lie for nearly twenty years with friends and relatives thinking he had a job with the World Health Organisation but the truth emerged that he had no job, despite the masquerade of leaving for work each day to drive to Geneva where he would spend his days reading in a car park. A mesmerising account of the hundreds of lies that propelled one man's life.