Blogs in January 1970

Perfume 1st January 1970

Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other...

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House of the Hanged 1st January 1970

A riveting and evocative tale of passion and murder, set on the French Riviera in the 1930s, from the No.1 bestselling author of The Savage Garden. France, 1935: At the poor man’s end of the Riviera sits Le Rayol,...

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Swimming Home 1st January 1970

It is July, 1994 and Joe Jacobs, who is well known poet, his war reporter wife Isabel, and their 14 year old daughter are renting a holiday villa near Nice, accompanied by their friends Laura and Mitchell. Part into...

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The Twisted Vine 1st January 1970

Every journey is an adventure, especially one into the unknown. The shocking discovery of her lover with someone else, propels Roxanne into escaping to France, and seeking work as a grape-picker. She’s never been abroad before or travelled alone....

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The Silent Land 1st January 1970

Jake and Zoe, two people deeply in love are on a skiing holiday in the beautiful village of Saint Bernard en Haut in the French Pyrenees when they are suddenly engulfed in a avalanche. What follows is utterly disconcerting...

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