"Exciting true crime"
Jean-Claude Romand lived his life based on a series of lies
starting with persuading his family, friends, and mistress
that he worked as a doctor for the World Health
Organization. He became so good at BS piling higher and
deeper that almost two decades pass before the mountain of
deception crumbles. When his layers of mendacity becomes
known starting with the fact that he never completed
medical school, Romand covers up by killing his family and
attempting to commit suicide. Emmanuel Carrère tells the true crime story of Monsieur
Romand while also trying to dig deep into the psychological
base that led Romand to outrageously fabricate a fantasy to
his loved ones and ultimately caused him to murder them to
protect his prevaricated life. Though intriguing in many
ways and easy to read and follow, Monsieur Carrere breaks
the first rule of the genre by bringing too much of his own
life and philosophy into the narrative. Still, THE
ADVERSARY remains a fascinating work that hard core genre
fans will want to read. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 13, 2002
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