François Charles Mauriac

Thérèse Desqueyroux is one of the most famous novels by François Mauriac.

“Mauriac’s best novel.”—Catholic World “A lucid and penetrating study . . . Mauriac proves himself as good a storyteller as he is a psychologist.”—The New York Times “A most admirable and exciting novel.”—New StatesmanThe masterpiece of one of the twentieth century’s greatest Catholic writers, Vipers’ Tangle tells the …

A translation from the French by Gerard Hopkins of Francois Mauriac's novel, "The Frontenac Mystery".