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The Hand

by Georges Simenon · 1968

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The story of a husband and wife, lover and mistress and their confrontation with truth in a single night which cataclysmically change a man's whole life.

Genre
crimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
Themes
cheatingcheatingMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 180 pages

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