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Description edit
Richard Lafargue is an eminent plastic surgeon haunted by dirty secrets. He has an operating theatre in the basement of his chateau and keeps his partner Eve imprisoned in her bedroom, a room he has equipped with an intercom and 300-watt speakers through which he bellows orders. Eve is only... read more
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Characters edit
- Dr. Richard Lafargue: A prominent plastic surgeon in the Paris suburbs.
- Eve: Vincent Moreau's new personality after a sex change operation
- Roger: Dr. Lafargue's chauffeur
- Lise: Dr. Lafargue's maid
- Viviane Lafargue: Dr. Lafargue's daughter. She was raped while they were playing "The Man I Love" at a wedding party
- Alex Barny: One of Vivianne's assailants.
- Dr. Vincent Moreau: Dr. Richard Lafargue (Mygale) is a prominent Plastic Surgeon in Paris. His daughter, Viviane is raped by two men while she and her father were attending a wedding in the Paris suburbs
- Annie: The last woman Alex Barny had sex with. A farm girl
- Valneroy: One of Eve's clients. A sadist person who enjoyed torturing prostitutes
- Mygale: Eve's nickname for Dr. Lafargue. "In your head you have given your master a name. You dared not pronounce it in his presence. needless to say. You called him 'Mygale,' in memory of your past terrors. 'Mygale'--a feminine-sounding name...'Mygale,' nevertheless, because he was just like a spider, slow and secretive, cruel and ferocious, obsessed yet impenetrable in his designs, hidden somewhere in this dwelling where he had held you captive for months: this luxury web, this gilded cage, where he was the jailer and you the prisoner" p. 53
- Louis: A farm boy, Alex's friend
- René: A farm boy, Alex's friend
First Sentence edit
Richard Lafargue paced slowly along the graveled walk.
Table of Contents edit
I. The Spider
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II. The Poison
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2
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III. The Prey
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2
3
Authors & Contributors edit
- Thierry Jonquet (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: French
Publisher: Editions Gallimard
Country: France
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 978-0872864092
Page Count: 156
Publisher: Editions Gallimard
Country: France
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 978-0872864092
Page Count: 156
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 843.914
Movie Connections edit
- The Skin I Live In (IMDb): Pedro Almodóvar, 2011
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