Review of True Copies
“What is striking is her profound knowledge of people, of the motives behind their actions and of what moves or thrills them. Not an acquired knowledge, but a knowing. A profound maturity emanates from the emotion and the writing in this novel. With True Copies, Monique LaRue joins the ranks of our greatest authors who aimed to write the story of the Americas: Victor Lévy-Beaulieu, Jacques Poulin, Marie-Claire Blais.”
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“True Copies is a suspense-filled mystery thriller, complete with a murder, obscure messages and lethal espionage in the computer industry. LaRue cleverly interweaves references to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon into her story. The connection, of course, is highly appropriate, because in Hammett's novel the statuette of the Maltese falcon turns out to be a replica rather than the original. True Copies is an accomplished and engaging work of fiction which shares the social realism of Gabrielle Roy and Yves Beauchemin.”
“True Copies is a polyphonic novel, a love story coupled with an intrigue which unfolds in the California computer milieu, creating a suspense where Dashiel Hammett's shadow and the memory of The Maltese Falcon's characters hover.”
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