A policeman on a mission of mercy is shot dead at point-blank range by a sweet old granny on a frosty morning. The neighbourhood, Paris's bubbling Belleville quarter, is already in uproar because half a dozen other grannies have been found with their shrivelled throats slit. Into this tense situation stumbles Benjamin Malaussène with an overly complicated life that includes his voluptuous red-haired girlfriend, Julie, and his smelly epileptic dog, Julius. Maniacally inventive - some have called it deranged - Pennac's creations in The Fairy Gunmother have achieved cult status all over Europe.
| ISBN: | 9781860464454 |
| Publication date: | 18th June 1998 |
| Author: | Daniel Pennac |
| Publisher: | The Harvill Press an imprint of Vintage Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery |