Book Description | Double Jeopardy recounts the twin stories spanning two generations of two pairs of male buddies...Transglobal gunrunning, insurrection in a Malaysian rubber plantation, storm-tossed stowaways, mutiny at high sea, armed bank robberies, cannibalism under the streets of Paris and, of course, the infinite complications of unrequited love-all drive the reader from page to page. Yet it is Echenoz's voice, the most distinctive French voice of his generation, that holds us under its spell with its legerdemain of witty turns of phrase, inspired metaphors, fresh pop culture allusions, and the wackiest cast of characters this side of a David Lynch movie.-Washington Post Book World. |
About the Author | Jean Echenoz is the author of four other novels: Le Meridien de Greenwich, Lac (winner of the European Literature Prize), and Nous trois. Cherokee is also available as a Bison Book. Mr. Echenoz lives in Paris. Mark Polizzotti, a veteran translator of Andre Breton and Rene Daumal as well as Jean Echenoz, is the author of Revolution of the Mind, forthcoming. |