| Mygale (novel) | |
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English language cover for Tarantula (translation of French Mygale) |
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| Author(s) | Thierry Jonquet |
| Language | French |
| Genre(s) | Fiction |
| Publisher | Editions Gallimard |
| Publication date | 1995 |
| ISBN | 9782070392742 |
Mygale (novel) is a thriller, crime novel by Thierry Jonquet first published in France by Editions Gallimard in 1995, and then published in the US in 2003 by City Lights. It was also published in English translation in the UK and North America as Tarantula in 2005[1] (Serpent's Tail). Some editions have a spider, or spider's web, on the cover.
This cover has a blurb from a review from The Washington Post, calling the book, "An unholy collaboration between Sade and Sartre, with occasional comic interventions by that honorary Frenchman Jerry Lewis.”
Mygale also inspired the 2011 film The Skin I Live In. [2]