Banquet of Beggars: From the Winner of the HWA Gold Crown for Best Historical Fiction
Aug 2024 · Hachette UK
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'Fantastic! A must read for fans of Philip Kerr'
STEVE CAVANAGH
'An excellent historical series'
VASEEM KHAN h2>
THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE AWARD-WINNING OCCUPATION SERIES, FEATURING DETECTIVE EDDIE GIRAL
In Paris 1940, survival means sacrifice. Like most in the city, Detective Eddie Giral has already lost so much under Occupation: the people he once loved, the job he once believed in.
And his latest investigation into the murder of a black-marketeer has made it clearer than ever: Eddie is no longer just catching criminals. He's working for them. Because when a German trader is the next to die, the authorities decide it's innocent civilians who will pay the price - unless Eddie can find the killer in time.
As hunger grows, tensions rise and a fierce rebellion brews, Eddie will tread a dark path between doing whatever it takes to live with the enemy... and also with himself.
*****
PRAISE FOR BANQUET OF BEGGARS:
'An excellent third instalment in a series set in a frighteningly well-imagined world'
DAILY MAIL
'A novel that forces readers to ask difficult questions of ourselves ... establishes Eddie Giral as one of the most fascinating protagonists in current historical crime'
ALIS HAWKINS
'A book that takes us into the heart of Occupied Paris ... A stunning achievement'
DOUGLAS SKELTON
'A terrific read set in an utterly convincing, sullen Occupied Paris'
A. D. BERGIN
'Top quality historical crime fiction'
S. G. MACLEAN
'A feast of a book ... The portrayal of wartime Paris is unsurpassed'
DOUGLAS JACKSON
'Chris Lloyd's Eddie Giral series, set in Paris during the Nazi occupation of the city in WW2, catches the essence of the city like no other crime writer does'
CRIMETIME
*****
PRAISE FOR CHRIS LLOYD'S OCCUPATION SERIES:
'Ranks alongside Alan Furst and Philip Kerr ... Powerful stuff'
SUNDAY TIMES
'A thoughtful, haunting thriller'
MICK HERRON
'Such a powerful and morally nuanced crime novel. Both a gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation'
ANDREW TAYLOR
'It's up there with luminaries such as Philip Kerr, Sebastian Faulks and Manda Scott - in fact, it's probably better than all of those'
DAVID YOUNG
'A haunting and eye-opening portrayal of life under occupation'
ADELE PARKS
'Lloyd does a masterly job of conjuring a hungry, defeated Paris. Eddie is a convincing protagonist; a flawed man trying his best to be a good one'
THE TIMES
STEVE CAVANAGH
'An excellent historical series'
VASEEM KHAN h2>
THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE AWARD-WINNING OCCUPATION SERIES, FEATURING DETECTIVE EDDIE GIRAL
In Paris 1940, survival means sacrifice. Like most in the city, Detective Eddie Giral has already lost so much under Occupation: the people he once loved, the job he once believed in.
And his latest investigation into the murder of a black-marketeer has made it clearer than ever: Eddie is no longer just catching criminals. He's working for them. Because when a German trader is the next to die, the authorities decide it's innocent civilians who will pay the price - unless Eddie can find the killer in time.
As hunger grows, tensions rise and a fierce rebellion brews, Eddie will tread a dark path between doing whatever it takes to live with the enemy... and also with himself.
*****
PRAISE FOR BANQUET OF BEGGARS:
'An excellent third instalment in a series set in a frighteningly well-imagined world'
DAILY MAIL
'A novel that forces readers to ask difficult questions of ourselves ... establishes Eddie Giral as one of the most fascinating protagonists in current historical crime'
ALIS HAWKINS
'A book that takes us into the heart of Occupied Paris ... A stunning achievement'
DOUGLAS SKELTON
'A terrific read set in an utterly convincing, sullen Occupied Paris'
A. D. BERGIN
'Top quality historical crime fiction'
S. G. MACLEAN
'A feast of a book ... The portrayal of wartime Paris is unsurpassed'
DOUGLAS JACKSON
'Chris Lloyd's Eddie Giral series, set in Paris during the Nazi occupation of the city in WW2, catches the essence of the city like no other crime writer does'
CRIMETIME
*****
PRAISE FOR CHRIS LLOYD'S OCCUPATION SERIES:
'Ranks alongside Alan Furst and Philip Kerr ... Powerful stuff'
SUNDAY TIMES
'A thoughtful, haunting thriller'
MICK HERRON
'Such a powerful and morally nuanced crime novel. Both a gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation'
ANDREW TAYLOR
'It's up there with luminaries such as Philip Kerr, Sebastian Faulks and Manda Scott - in fact, it's probably better than all of those'
DAVID YOUNG
'A haunting and eye-opening portrayal of life under occupation'
ADELE PARKS
'Lloyd does a masterly job of conjuring a hungry, defeated Paris. Eddie is a convincing protagonist; a flawed man trying his best to be a good one'
THE TIMES
About the author
Straight after graduating in Spanish and French, Chris Lloyd hopped on a bus from Cardiff to Catalonia and stayed there for over twenty years. He has also lived in Grenoble - researching the French Resistance movement - as well as in the Basque Country and Madrid, where he taught English and worked in educational publishing and as a travel writer. He now lives in South Wales and is a translator and novelist.
Paris Requiem is his second novel set in Paris, featuring Detective Eddie Giral. The first, The Unwanted Dead, won the Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award for best historical novel of the year, and was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Award.
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