Bibliograph

The beggar's pawn, John L'Heureux

Type

Label

The beggar's pawn, John L'Heureux

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The beggar's pawn

Oclc number

1130361576

Responsibility statement

John L'Heureux

Summary

"The story of a family whose chance meeting with a stranger while dog walking slowly becomes an ominous invasion of their domestic lives. David and Maggie Holliss are an ordinary married couple about to ease into a comfortable, well-earned retirement while tending to three middle-aged children with whom they share an edgy relationship of love and resentment. Reginald Parker enters their lives when he saves their dog from being run over by a truck, and when asked how they can possibly thank him, he replies with a request for the loan of two hundred dollars. They lend it to him, gladly, and thus begins what will become for them and their family a nightmare that moves from comic resignation to stark tragedy."--Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification