by Vladimir Volkoff · Editions du Rocher · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782268043098
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«Le Contrat» is the crime novel by Vladimir Volkoff, published by Editions du Rocher in paperback (193 pages, in French).
Serge Maltèse is a grey writer who finally receives a publishing offer: to collaborate with the wife of publisher Maur Theyssandier on an encyclopedia of torture. But the reasons for such a strange commission blur when Serge thinks he recognises in Maur a dead comrade from the Algerian War. Tension grows in a game of appearances whose rules change with each revelation.
The cover bears the subtitle 'Roman'. It is Vladimir Volkoff's first crime work, with social satire and historical notes on the Algerian War. Originally published in June 2002.
For readers of mystery novels seeking suspense and historical background.
Vladimir Volkoff was a Russian writer who lived in France and whose books were written in French. He produced both literary works for adults and spy novels for young readers under the pseudonym Lieutenant X. His works are characterised by themes of the Cold War, intelligence and manipulation, but also by metaphysical and spiritual elements.
