Description 'Masterly' John Banville 'Wonderful .
properly noir' Ian Rankin Marc dreams of going somewhere far, far away - but he'll start by taking his cat and his grown-up daughter, Anne, to an out-of-season resort on the Channel.
Reluctant to go home, the curious threesome head south for Agen, whose main claim to fame is its prunes.
As their impromptu road trip takes ever stranger turns, the trail of des.