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In the Absence of Mrs. Petersen is a 1966 thriller novel by the British writer Nigel Balchin. After the death of his wife, a writer is persuaded by a woman who resembles his wife to pose as her husband and travel with her to her home country of Yugoslavia to retrieve some of her family's wealth.
When Jim Petersen witnesses the plane crash that kills his wife, he is thrown into a deep despair and runs off to Paris to get away from her memory. There, he meets Katerina, a woman that bears a striking resemblance to Sarah.
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In the Absence of Mrs Petersen. (1966) Synopsis: Jim Petersen is a film scriptwriter working in Hollywood. Behind with an assignment, he puts his wife Sarah on a plane to New York so that he can concentrate on his work. The plane bursts into flames before it can leave the runway and Sarah is killed.
Nov 7, 2022 · Jim British scriptwriter; lost and lonely, mourning his dead wife. After meeting Katherina at a party in Paris, Jim agrees to travel to Yugoslavia with her to try to smuggle out some valuables from under the eyes of the Communist authorities.
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Nov 7, 2022 · A gripping thriller with an authentic tang of Eastern Europe, In the Absence of Mrs Petersen is also an extended rumination on relations between men and women, and on the difference between what people say and what they actually mean.
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A gripping thriller with an authentic tang of Eastern Europe, In the Absence of Mrs Petersen is also an extended rumination on relations between men and women, and on the difference between what people say and what they actually mean.
- Nigel Marlin Balchin
