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Debré's voice is Camusian, comic, stark, relentless, and totally hypnotic. — Rachel Kushner Is a criminal born or made? What turns them towards violence? A young man stabs an elderly woman ten times for the sake of a 450 euro debt. But why would he commit...
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A sharp insight into violence and punishment based on true events from critically acclaimed lawyer-turned-author Constance Debré
A sharp insight into violence and punishment based on true events from critically acclaimed lawyer-turned-author Constance Debré
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Debré's voice is Camusian, comic, stark, relentless, and totally hypnotic. — Rachel Kushner
Is a criminal born or made? What turns them towards violence? A young man stabs an elderly woman ten times for the sake of a 450 euro debt. But why would he commit such a brutal murder over a petty sum when he has a girlfriend and a child at home? How much could he lose when there is already so little to start with?
Centring on a perpetrator and a victim who remain nameless—who are nobodies but could be anybody—Offenses unfolds as a contemporary parable exploring the biases and barriers built into the legal system. Blending expertise in criminal law with her signature knife-edge prose, Constance Debré probes the intricacies of crime, punishment, and accountability in this propulsive tale.
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ISBN: 9781805221081
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 April 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Tuskar Rock
Edition: Main
Contributors:
- Translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
- Translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 100g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Constance Debré is the author of Love Me Tender, which won the Prix Littéraire des Inrockuptibles in 2020, Playboy, which won the Prix de la Coupole in 2018, and Name.
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