Pascal Garnier was a talented novelist, short story writer, children's author and painter. From his home in the mountains of the Ardèche, he wrote fiction in a noir palette with a cast of characters drawn from ordinary provincial life.Though his writing is often very dark in tone, it sparkles with quirkily beautiful imagery and dry wit. Garnier's work has been likened to the great thriller writer, Georges Simenon. His noirs are published in English by Gallic Books.Praise for Pascal Garnier:'A brilliant exercise in grim and gripping irony, it makes you grin as well as wince.' The Sunday Telegraph'Often bleak, often funny and never predictable.' The Observer'Garnier's take on the frailty of life has a bracing originality.' The Sunday Times'For those with a taste for Georges Simenon or Patricia Highsmith, Garnier's recently translated oeuvre will strike a chord.' The Independent'This is tough, bloody stuff, but put together with a cunning intelligence.' The Sunday Times