Triste Flic
| By: | Hugo Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Published: | September 2010 |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Categories: | Fiction |
| Language: | French |
| Available as: | Paperback |
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Abandonné par sa femme, mis en congé à durée indéterminée après un incendie qui a failli lui coûter la vie, Pat Coyne mène une bien triste vie, remâchant ses diatribes réactionnaires entre deux pintes de Guinness. Mais lorsque son fils se retrouve impliqué dans une sordide affaire d’immigration clandestine et accusé de meurtre, l’ex-flic reprend du service. Pour l’aider, il va devoir plonger dans les bas-fonds de Dublin, où pullulent les escrocs minables et les petites frappes sympathiques.
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