The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat

"A dazzlingly clever and immensely entertaining novel." --<em>New York Times<br /><br /></em><div>By chance, John and Jean--one English, the other French--meet in a provincial railway station. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John falls into a drunken stupor. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, Jean has stolen his identity and disappeared. So the Englishman steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles - as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing.<br /><br />Gripping and complex, <em>The Scapegoat</em> is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self.<br /><br /></div>