TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walker,Martin
TI  - Bruno's challenge: and other stories of the French countryside 
T2  - Bruno
SN  - 9780593534229
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Courrèges, Bruno
KW  - Country life
KW  - France, Southwest
KW  - Fiction
KW  - France
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Short stories
N1  - "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf." -- title verso; Bruno's challenge -- The lost boy -- The birthday lunch -- The chocolate war -- The green army -- A market tale -- Dangerous vacation -- Sugar lumps -- Fifty million bubbles -- Oystercatcher -- La Mère Noël -- Boeuf Neanderthal -- The collaborator -- Bruno and le Père Noël
N2  - "Martin Walker presents his first collection of Bruno stories featuring all the familiar characters from the novels, the glories of the Périgord, and ample helpings of food and wine"--; After a prisoner breaks parole to see his son on Christmas, Bruno must track him down before he throws away his chance at eventual freedom. When a Senegalese man's coffee sells superbly at the market, some cafe owners become incensed by the new competition and take matters into their own hands. As a Swiss tourist and a St. Denis native fall in love over the fruit-and-veggie stall, one of their family members takes drastic steps to break them up. A fledgling tour bus business is sabotaged, leading Bruno to take a closer look at a town love triangle. Called in to investigate a case of stolen oysters, our beloved policeman reunites with an old flame to catch the shellfish thieves. In story after story, Bruno settles town disputes, mediates family quarrels, and tracks down lawbreakers in his adored village of St. Denis and its environs. Featured meals in the collection include a fatty Christmas goose, a savory nettle soup with creme fraiche, and a fluffy quiche Lorraine; In this collection of short stories Bruno Courrèges, a chief of police in France, settles town disputes, mediates family quarrels, and tracks down lawbreakers in his adored village of St. Denis and its environs. Four of the stories were originally published as Vintage e-Short Originals by Vintage Books.  -- adapted from jacket
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