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| Author | Daphne du Maurier |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Mystery fiction |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz (UK) Doubleday (US) |
Publication date | 1957 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 368 pp. |
| OCLC | 4542871 |
The Scapegoat is a 1957 novel by Daphne du Maurier. In a bar in France, a lonely English academic on holiday meets his double, a French aristocrat who gets him drunk, swaps identities and disappears, leaving the Englishman to sort out the Frenchman's extensive financial and family problems.[1]
The story has been the basis of two films: one in 1959 starring Alec Guinness and Bette Davis and one in 2012 starring Matthew Rhys.[2]
- ^ Thompson, Howard (7 August 1959). "Mistaken Identity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Sehgal, Parul (6 July 2017). "In Praise of Daphne du Maurier". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 January 2024.