Seeking Whom He May Devour
Seeking Whom He May Devour (French: L’Homme à l’envers, lit. "The Inside-out Man") is a crime novel by French writer Fred Vargas. The novel features her series protagonist Commissaire Adamsberg and concerns the supposed existence of werewolves in a remote French village. As with many of Vargas' novels in English translation, the English title bears no relationship to the original. In this case, it is a biblical quotation from the First Epistle of Peter (5:8): Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. The French title is more apposite, referring to an aspect of the werewolf myth that plays some part in the story, that the werewolf when in human form is wearing the wolfskin inside out. An alleged werewolf may theref
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Seeking Whom He May Devour
Seeking Whom He May Devour (French: L’Homme à l’envers, lit. "The Inside-out Man") is a crime novel by French writer Fred Vargas. The novel features her series protagonist Commissaire Adamsberg and concerns the supposed existence of werewolves in a remote French village. As with many of Vargas' novels in English translation, the English title bears no relationship to the original. In this case, it is a biblical quotation from the First Epistle of Peter (5:8): Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. The French title is more apposite, referring to an aspect of the werewolf myth that plays some part in the story, that the werewolf when in human form is wearing the wolfskin inside out. An alleged werewolf may theref
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L'Homme à l'envers est un roma ...... usieurs romans de Fred Vargas.
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L'uomo a rovescio (titolo in l ...... n Italia nel 2006, da Einaudi.
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Seeking Whom He May Devour (Fr ...... ters' Association Gold Dagger.
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PQ2682.A725 H63 1999
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2004-10-28
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ISBN 1-84343-090-8
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Commissaire Adamsberg
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Harvill Secker(English)
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L'Homme à l'envers est un roma ...... usieurs romans de Fred Vargas.
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L'uomo a rovescio (titolo in l ...... n Italia nel 2006, da Einaudi.
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Seeking Whom He May Devour (Fr ...... An alleged werewolf may theref
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L'uomo a rovescio
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