This claustrophobic tale of lust, murder and madness made an indelible impression on me when I first read it many years ago, and I found it just as engrossing second time around.
Time for some classic French literature! I first read Guy de Maupassant while still in Russia, and the worn-out collection of his short stories was one of the few books I took with us when we emigrated to Australia.
yggdrasille.com 