Taking place between the 10th and the 16th May 2021, Daphne du Maurier Reading Week is timed to coincide with what would have been Daphne du Maurier’s birthday on the 13th May. The Scapegoat is the book I chose to read for Daphne du Maurier Reading Week hosted once again by Ali at Heavenali. Links provided for convenience only, not as part of an affiliate programme So the Englishman steps into the Frenchman’s shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles – as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing.įormat: Hardcover (368 pages) Publisher: Victor Gollanczĭisclosure: If you buy a book via the above link, I may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookshops It’s to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, Jean has stolen his identity and disappeared. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking – until at last John falls into a drunken stupor. By chance, John and Jean – one English, the other French – meet in a provincial railway station.
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