by Tanguy Viel · Ediciones Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423353231
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«Artículo 353 del código penal» is the crime novel by Tanguy Viel, published by Ediciones Destino in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
In a French region in industrial decline, Martial Kermeur, a retired worker, is arrested for throwing developer Antoine Lazenec into the sea. Before the judge, he recounts his divorce, custody of his son, and the fraud that left him without savings. The novel portrays a betrayed working class and questions whether social injustice can mitigate a crime.
Translated from French by Adolfo García Ortega, this edition is part of the Áncora & Delfín collection from Ediciones Destino.
For readers of crime fiction and contemporary fiction interested in social criticism and courtroom plots.
Tanguy Viel is a French writer. A resident at the Villa Médicis in 2003–2004, Tanguy Viel was awarded the Prix Fénéon and the Prix littéraire de la vocation for his novel L'absolue perfection du crime. He also won the Grand prix RTL-Lire for Article 353 du Code pénal in 2017. Other Press in New York published the translation by William Rodarmor in March, 2019. La fille qu'on appelle was one of nine novels in the second selection for the 2021 Prix Goncourt.
