by Donald E. Westlake · Le Grand livre du mois · tapa dura · ISBN 9782702831809
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«Le couperet» is the psychological suspense novel by Donald E. Westlake, published by Le Grand livre du mois in hardcover (246 pages, in French).
An executive recently laid off in a restructuring devises a plan to get his job back: eliminate the other candidates for the position one by one. Tension mounts as he tries to keep up appearances, in a dark satire on workplace pressure and desperation.
Originally published in English as «The Ax», it was nominated for the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel in 1998.
For readers of crime fiction and psychological suspense seeking stories with social depth and critique of the working world.
Donald Edwin Westlake was an American writer with more than one hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. Westlake created two professional criminal characters who each starred in a long-running series: the relentless, hardboiled Parker, and John Dortmunder, who featured in a more humorous series.
