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At one of France’s toughest prisons, an undercover cop is attempting to trap an enemy spy by posing as a fellow inmate. So Frank and Hal find themselves holed up together in a grimy, rat-infested cell, each warily eyeing the other.
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Gritty and hard-hitting, The Wicked Go to Hell is a tense, paranoid 1950s thriller about duty and conscience, deception and loyalty, and about what it means to be human—whether you’re the good guy or not.
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Nov 7, 2016 · THE WICKED GO TO HELL is a new translation of a 1956 French novel by Frederic Dard, a prolific and well-known twentieth century French writer, published as part of Pushkin Vertigo’s “Originals” series of translated crime fiction from around the world.
Gritty and hard-hitting, The Wicked Go to Hell is a tense, paranoid fifties thriller about duty and conscience, deception and loyalty, and about what it means to be human – whether you’re the good guy or not.
English. 156 pages ; 20 cm. A cop receives a mission - to win the confidence of an enemy spy, currently in prison, and so to expose destroy his spy ring. What better way to allay his suspicions than for the policeman to enter the prison himself, posing as a criminal? So, Frank and Hal end up sharing a cell, but who is the spy and who is the cop?
Sep 20, 2016 · An undercover cop and a prison inmate play a tense game of cat and mouse in this brilliantly original thriller by the master of French noir. At one of France’s toughest prisons, an undercover cop is attempting to trap an enemy spy by posing as a fellow inmate.
Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the path of Marina Vlady, with whom they all fall in love. Alas for our "heroes," Vlady intends to avenge the death of her sweetheart at the hands of Hossein and his confreres. Not only do these heels go to Hell, but they do so with a spectacular flourish.
