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BARRIUSO GUTIERREZ Jésus, Billar a tres bandas, Ed. Dossoles,
Burgos, Espagne, 2000, 160 p. ISBN 84-87528-03-1.
A champion of billiards and a police inspector
are playing together a special 3-cushion game that transports the reader
back to Spain in the Forties.
- BAXTER
Glen, Meurtres à la table de billard, Ed. Hoëbeke, Paris,
France, 2000, 254 p., 23 cm. ISBN 2-84230-090-4.
Detective spoof illustrated with funny cartoons
drawn by the author himself.
- BEAUMONT-DELOCQUE,
La série américaine, Ed. Laffont, Paris, France, 1985,
229 p. ISBN 2-221-04490-8.
This is the story of a young heartbroken woman
whose last chance is billiards. She resolutely will go to the bitter
end at the risk of her life.
- BENACQUISTA
Tonino, Trois carrés rouges sur fond noir, Ed. Gallimard, France,
2003, 235 p., 18 cm. ISBN 2-07-040798-5.
A billiard player has his hand severed in a mugging.
He is seeking revenge.
- BERARD
Claude, Le billard tombeau, Ed. Osmondes, Paris, France, 1998, 146 p.,
21 cm. ISBN 2-910830-43-8.
A mysterious corpse is discovered inside a billiard
table. During the police investigation, other crimes are committed.
Are they connected?
- CARRIERE
Jean-Claude et RAJAU François, Académie de billard. Un
dernier regard. Ed. Nicolas Chaudun, Paris, France, 2006, 80 p., 25
cm. ISBN 2-35039-018-7.
Novel by Carrière based on photos by Rajau.
- DAUDET
Alphonse, illustré par THOMAS Yan, La partie de billard, Collection
Storia, Ed. Calligram, France, 1996, 45 p., 23 cm. ISBN 2-88445-344-X
A marshal is playing billiards whereas his troop
is under the fire of the enemy and is awaiting his commands.
- FERMINE
Maxence, Billard blues, Ed. Albin Michel, Paris, France, 2003, 175 p.,
20 cm. ISBN 2-226-13685-1.
Champion Willie Hoppe and gangster Al Capone play
billiards in Chicago. A musician is attending the match, whose stake
is 5,000 dollars.
- GELAT
Jacques, La couleur inconnue, Collection Merveilleux n° 13, Ed. Corti,
Paris, France, 251 p., 18 cm. ISBN 2-7143-0727-2.
A young man discovers in Paris a billiard parlour that is known only
by a few players. Those form a small sectarian society dominated by
a rather frightening owner.
- KEATING
Henry Reymond Fiztwalter, Un cadavre dans la salle de billard, Ed. Fayard,
Paris, France, 1990, 315 p., 22 cm. ISBN 2-213-02612-2.
A murder was committed in the historical billiard
parlour in which snooker was invented. The famous Indian inspector Ghote
is asked to discover its perpretrator among five suspects.
- MAZZINI
Pascal, L'arme de la vengeance, Ed. du Rocher, Monaco, 1995, 163 p.,
23 cm. ISBN 2-268-02033-9.
Suspense.
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QUINT Michel, Le billard à l'étage, Ed. Calmann-Lévi,
Paris, France, 1889, 187 p., 21 cm. ISBN 2-7021-3259-6.
A stranger enters a very unusual billiard room.
After playing with regular players, he tells them that he has witnessed
a murder. The victim might be Ida, their little protégée.
- RIESTRA
Jorge, Salon de billares, Ed. Compania General Fabril Editora, Buenos
Aires, Argentine, 1960, 178 p., 20 cm.
The arrival of Pachman disturbs the life of a billiard saloon. The duel
of casin between this man and a regular player will last three years
and end tragically.
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