About the Book: Mountain (MacLehose Crime Classic)
Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010
A murder investigation in post-war France becomes an exploration of the legacy
of German occupation.
From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into
the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also
reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during
the war. No-one had expected to see him again.
One day, a flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile
balance of everyday life. Soon he is named