La vengeance m'appartient

I know that if I met Maître Susane, the protagonist of Marie NDiaye’s unsettling novel, Vengeance is Mine, in real life I would have no clue that underneath her carefully curated exterior was a brain busily fretting, recriminating, and calculating. The struggling Bordeaux lawyer could probably make several therapists rich. She is also the absolute last person anyone should ask to represent someone accused of murdering their children...

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Note: I read the English language version of this book.