by Emmanuel Carrère · Gótica · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789727920006
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«O Adversário» is Emmanuel Carrère's chronicle of real crimes, published by Gótica in paperback (168 pages, in Portuguese).
Reconstruction of the case of Jean-Claude Romand, who for years pretended to be a doctor and WHO researcher. When his lie was about to be exposed, he killed his wife, his children and his parents, and attempted suicide. Carrère explores the existential void behind that double life and the motives of a charade that ended in tragedy.
Work originally written in French and published as «L'adversaire»; this Portuguese edition includes a translation by Carlos Vieira da Silva.
For readers of nonfiction and true crime interested in psychological portraits.
Emmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter and film director.
