Mysterious territories
A riveting journey into the soul of the French thriller king
Can an autobiography with elements of a literary essay be as suspenseful as a thriller? Bernard Minier proves that it is. The phenomenal French writer looks back on his career and describes with disarming candour a period when he teetered on the edge of life and death. His narrative also reflects his admiration for Hemingway, Mailer, Rimbaud and other literary greats. The result is an uncompromising text brimming with the tension and emotion inherent in Minier's thrillers. All this is complemented by authentic photographs and even handwritten notes and pictures.
Bernard Minier
Bernard Minier grew up in the south-west of France and spent his childhood in the Pyrenees. He studied at the University of Toulouse, where Martin Servaz, the protagonist of several of his thrillers, comes from. He has lived near Paris for more than twenty years, is married and has two children. Before Minier surprised French readers and critics in 2011 with his detective novel Frost, he worked as a customs officer. This belated, and perhaps therefore mature, debut won several awards, such as the Elle magazine Readers' Choice Award (in the mystery category) and, most notably, the Prix Polar, a major award given at the Cognac Festival of Detective Fiction. Frost has been translated into several world languages, including English, and was also the basis for the French television series Glacé. Minier's other books are also a success among readers and critics. These are published in the Czech Republic in a brilliant translation by Jiří Žák.
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