''An Uncertain Place'' () is a 2008 crime novel by the French writer
Fred Vargas
Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.
As a historian and archeologist, she is known for her work on the Black Death. Her crime fiction ''policiers'' (pol ...
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Reception
Christian House of ''
The Independent
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'' wrote: "It is a highly entertaining policier but more importantly, as with
Conan Doyle
Conan may refer to:
People
* Saint Conan (died 684), bishop of the Isle of Man
* Conan of Cornwall (c. 930 – c. 950), bishop of Cornwall
* Conan I of Rennes (died 992), duke of Brythonic Brittany
* Conan II, Duke of Brittany (died 1066), duke ...
, the wacky world Vargas shapes is oddly reassuring: a great remedy to a grey day."
See also
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2008 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2008.
Events
*January 1 – In the UK's 2008 New Year Honours List, Hanif Kureishi (CBE), Jenny Uglow (OBE), Peter Vansittart (OBE) and Debjani Chatterjee (MB ...
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Contemporary French literature
This article is about French literature from the year 2000 to the present day.
Overview
The economic, political and social crises of contemporary France -terrorism, violence, immigration, unemployment, racism, etc.—and (for some) the notio ...
References
2008 French novels
French crime novels
French-language novels
Novels by Fred Vargas
Novels set in Serbia
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