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The Sequel to Sylvie Germains highly acclaimed The Book of Nights Godine1993 a New York Times Notable Book of the Year Night of Amber continues thegrotesque fantastic and riveting story of the Peniel family. It ranges fromthe terror and atrocity of the Algerian War to the frenzied Paris of May 68.Like The Book of Nights which it brings to a dramatic conclusion thisunusual and passionate novel Times Literary Supplement skillfully blendsmyth history memorable characters and pure emotional intensity withbrilliant and original writing.The hero of the novel is CharlesVictorPeniel called NightofAmber whose lonely and angry childhood eventuallylands him in Paris at the time of the May 68 riots. There CharlesVictorbecomes involved with a band of dangerous companions and in a whirlwindsituation that spins uncontrollably into sadism and murder. «
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