Roland Bondonny [SEP] date of death
Roland Bondonny
Roland Bondonny (May 1932, Meymac – February 2005) was a wealthy vintner and conservative politician who lived in France, in Égletons in Corrèze and also in Fourmies in Nord. He poisoned 144 pets between 1997 and 2001. Bondonny had fed them meatballs contaminated with insecticide. He hired Alain Bodchon to kill Marius Lac, a witness for the prosecution in the case against Bondonny. Marius Lac's body was found dead in his garage, his body hidden under a wheelbarrow. on August 25, 2004. Shortly
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious".
- Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble".
Publication history.
- 1981, UK, Hamish Hamilton, , Pub date 17 Sep 1981, Hardback
- 1982, US, William Morrow, , Pub date Jan 1982, Hardback