Thierry Jonquet (; 19 January 1954 – 9 August 2009) was a French writer who specialised in crime novels with political themes. He was born in

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; his most recent and best known novel outside France was ''

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'' (1984), then published in the US in 2003 by

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. Mygale was also published in the UK as ''Tarantula'' in 2005 (

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). He wrote over 20 novels in French, including ''Le bal des débris'', ''Moloch'' and ''Rouge c'est la vie''. Jonquet died aged 55 in hospital in Paris. ''Tarantula'' was filmed by Spanish director

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, under the title ''

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'', Dargis, Manohla
"A Beautiful Prisoner Lost in Almodóvar’s Labyrinth"
(partial

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), review, ''The New York Times'', October 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15. which was entered in competition in May 2011 for the

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Bibliography

* ''Mémoire en cage'' (1982) * ''Ils sont votre épouvante et vous êtes leur crainte'' (2006) * ''Mon vieux'' (2005) * ''Comedia'' (2005) * ''Jours tranquilles à Belleville'' (2003) * ''Le manoir des immortelles'' (2003) * ''Ad vitam aeternam'' (2002) * ''Le bal des débris'' (2000) * ''Rouge c'est la vie'' (1998) * ''Les orpailleurs'' (1993) *''La Bête et la Belle'' (1985) *''

'' (1984, revised in 1995); in English translation by

Donald Nicholson-Smith Donald Nicholson-Smith is a British translator and freelance editor, interested in literature, art, psychoanalysis, social criticism, theory, history, crime fiction, and film, cinema.

as ''Mygale'' (

, 2003) and as ''Tarantula'' (

, 2005)

References

External links

Serpent's Tail page

Portrait of Thierry Jonquet by Olivier Favier
flickr.

Mygale - City Lights Book Description
1954 births 2009 deaths Writers from Paris French crime fiction writers 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists French male novelists 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers {{France-novelist-20thC-stub