by Hubert Monteilhet · Editions de Fallois · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782877062800
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«Le taureau par les cornes» is the crime novel by Hubert Monteilhet, published by Editions de Fallois in 1996, in paperback (245 pages, in French).
The president of a large meat company, fed up with corruption, decides to leave the business; his decision clashes with so many interests that a series of murders ends up thwarting his plans. The Swiss detective investigates the case with the irony and documentary zeal characteristic of the author.
Fourth installment in the Peter Rössi series. The cover painting is by Dominique Appia.
Hubert Monteilhet was a French writer of crime and historical fiction. His best-known novels are The Praying Mantises and Return from the Ashes which have been adapted into TV and motion pictures. His works are characterized by their literary sophistication and mordant wit while exploring moral and philosophical issues. He was called "one of the more eclectic and diversified dabblers in crime" and "the most literary of all the French crime novelists."
