Bibliograph

Based on a true story, a novel, Delphine de Vigan ; translated from the French by George Miller

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Based on a true story, a novel, Delphine de Vigan ; translated from the French by George Miller

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Based on a true story

Responsibility statement

Delphine de Vigan ; translated from the French by George Miller

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Overwhelmed by the huge success of her latest novel, exhausted and suffering from a crippling inability to write, Delphine meets L. L. embodies everything Delphine has always secretly admired; she is a glittering image of feminine sophistication and spontaneity and she has an uncanny knack of always saying the right thing. Unusually intuitive, L. senses Delphine's vulnerability and slowly but deliberately carves herself a niche in the writer's life. However, as L. makes herself indispensable to Delphine, the intensity of this unexpected friendship manifests itself in increasingly sinister ways. As their lives become more and more entwined, L. threatens Delphine's identity, both as a writer and as an individual

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