The Ogre, Paperback

An international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, The Ogre is a masterful tale of innocence, perversion, and obsession. It follows the passage of strange, gentle Abel Tiffauges from submissive schoolboy to "ogre" of the Nazi school at the castle of Kaltenborn, taking us deeper into the dark heart of fascism than any novel since The Tin Drum. Until the very last page, when Abel meets his mystic fate in the collapsing ruins of the Third Reich, it shocks us, dazzles us, and above all holds us spellbound.

About the Author:

Born in 1924 in Paris, Michel Tournier studied philosophy and then became a journalist and a writer. He is the author of several novels, including Friday, The Four Wise Men, Gemini, and The Golden Droplet. Friday is also available in paperback from Johns Hopkins.