The Erasers

Description

Alain Robbe-Grillet is internationally hailed as the chief spokesman for the noveau roman and one of the great novelists of the twentieth century. The Erasers, his first novel, reads like a detective story but is primarily concerned with weaving and then probing a complete mixture of fact and fantasy. The narrative spans the twenty-four-hour period following a series of eight murders in eight days, presumably the work of a terrorist group. After the ninth murder, the investigation is turned over to a police agent, who may in fact be the assassin. Both an engrossing mystery and a sinister deconstruction of reality, The Erasers intrigues and unnerves with equal force as it pull us along to its ominous conclusion.

First Sentence

In the dimness of the cafe, the manager is arranging the tables and chairs, the ashtrays, the siphons of soda water; it is six in the morning.

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Other Editions

• The ErasersPaperbackGrove Press1994-01-21
• The erasers.Grove Press1964-01-01
• The erasers.Grove Press1964-01-01
• The erasersCalder and Boyars1966-01-01
• The erasersCalder & Boyars1966-01-01
• The ErasersHardcoverCalder Publications Ltd1966-06-01