The Debacle, Paperback/Emile Zola

Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred is immediate. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Author(s): Emile Zola Translator: Leonard Tancock Number of pages: 512 Publication date: 2006 Dimensions: 197 x 132 x 24 Cover type: Paperback / softback