✍ Scribed by Charles Williams
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Rivages/Noir n°2
Il était évident qu’elle était nue sous sa vieille robe de coton et qu’elle s’en fichait éperdument. Lee la regardait. Elle pouvait voir ce qu’il voulait. Je sentais le col de ma chemise m’étrangler. “Elle devrait être interdite par la loi” dit Lee en tremblant. “elle l’est” dis-je. “Et son père te tuera.” “La fille des collines” est le premier roman de Charles Williams (1909-1975), resté inédit jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Il fait partie de sa veine “campagnarde”, où “on pense à Erskine Caldwell pour les personnages et aux derniers livres de James Cain pour le milieu et le style”. (Newton Baird, Crime and Mystery Writers)
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