Born on this day – Georges Arnaud:

 

Writer

July 16, 1917 – March 4, 1987

Credits: 

Books:

Chroniques du crime et de l'innocence (1982); Indiens des hauts plateau (1952); Indiens pas morts (1956); Juste avant l'aube, in collaboration with Jean Anglade (1990); La Plus Grande Pente (1961); L'Affaire Peiper: plus qu'un fait divers (1978); Le Salaire de la peur (1950); Le Voyage du mauvais larron (1951 / 1987); Les Aveux les plus doux (1954); Les Oreilles sur le dos (1953 / 1974); Lumière de soufre (1952); Maréchal P... (1958); Mon procès (1961); Pour Djamila Bouhired (1957); Préface within The Murder of Roger Ackroyd of Agatha Christie (1961); Prisons 53 (1953); Schtibilem 1941 (1953).

Movies and television:

Décembre (1973); Les aveux les plus doux (1971); Les oreilles sur le dos (2002); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Sorcerer (1977); The Wages of Fear (1953 / 2024); Violent Road / aka Hell's Highway (1958).

Recommended reading - The Wages of Fear (1950)

The Wages of Fear (1950).

Original title: Le Salaire de la peur.

By Georges Arnaud.

Originally published in 1950.

This English language translation edition was published in 1968.

 

Paperback.

Avon edition.

ASIN: B000VDT4KS

Description:

Las Piedras, beaching port. There are hundreds of them, coming from who knows where, to forget the impasse of their existence in the tropics. For a handful of dollars, these low-rankers are ready to do anything. Ready to face kilometers of impassable track, behind the wheel of a dilapidated truck, to transport nitroglycerin. At the slightest deviation, at the slightest shock, it is death. An epic of pure anguish...

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