The Woman Who Fed The Dogs

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By Kristien Hemmerechts

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The Woman Who Fed The Dogs delves into the harrowing mind of Odette, the most reviled woman in Belgium, as she awaits release from prison. Through sessions with Sister Virginie and Anouk, the prison psychiatrist, and her own obsessive reflections, Odette's narrative reveals a complex and troubling perspective. Inspired by the real-life figure Michelle Martin, the novel explores the psychological trauma behind one of Belgium's most infamous criminal cases of the 1990s, offering a chilling insight into the mindset of an accomplice to unimaginable crimes.
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This novel is suited to readers of crime and thriller genres who are interested in psychological depth and true crime-inspired fiction. It may particularly appeal to those drawn to narratives exploring the human psyche behind notorious crimes, though its challenging subject matter requires a mature audience.

Medea meets Dexter: a disconcerting journey into the mind of Belgium's most hated woman.

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The most hated woman in Belgium sits in her prison cell preparing for imminent release. Between brief interludes of counsel from Sister Virginie and Anouk, the prison psychiatrist, Odette is left alone to labour through the memories of her former life.

Obsessive and reflective, yet crucially lacking in remorse, Odette's testimony is a tricky script to untangle. Based on the real-life events of Michelle Martin, ex-wife of the notorious child abductor, murderer, and serial rapist, Marc Dutroux, this is a fictionalised account of the inner workings of Martin's mind before, during, and after the crimes that shook a nation in the 1990s.

The excuses and abuses of this killer's accomplice make for a brave exploration of psychological trauma, and the slide towards its most extreme of consequences. In The Woman Who Fed the Dogs, Hemmerechts has produced a daring novel that positions the reader uncomfortably close to the human behind these unforgivable acts.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642860078

Publisher: World Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 January 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: World Editions

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Paul Vincent

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 133.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Kristien Hemmerechts

About the Author

Never having been one to shy away from controversy, KRISTIEN HEMMERECHTS is the author of twenty novels, and numerous collections of short stories and autobiographical essays. Hemmerechts teaches English Literature at University College Brussels and Creative Writing at the Herman Teirlinck Institute in Antwerp. She has been awarded the Flemish State Prize and the Frans Kellendonk Prize for her complete works.

PAUL VINCENT is a Dutch-to-English translator based in London. He studied at Cambridge and in Amsterdam, and after teaching Dutch at the University of London for over twenty years became a full-time translator in 1989. Since then he has published a wide variety of translated poetry, non-fiction, and fiction, including work by Achterberg, Claus, Couperus, Elsschot, Jellema, Mulisch, De Moor, and Van den Brink. He is a member of the Society of Dutch Literature in Leiden, and has won the Reid Prize for poetry translation, the Vondel Prize for Dutch-English translation, and (jointly) the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize.