TheScapegoat

Bychance,twomen-oneEnglish,theotherFrench-meetinaprovincialrailwaystation.Theirphysicalresemblanceisuncanny,andtheyspendthenextfewhourstalkinganddrinking-untilatlastJohn,theEnglishman,fallsintoadrunkenstupour.It'stobehislastcarefreemoment,forwhenhewakes,hisFrenchcompanionhasstolenhisidentityanddisappeared.SoJohnstepsintotheFrenchman'sshoes,andfacesavarietyofperplexingroles-asownerofachateau,directorofafailingbusiness,headofafractiousfamily,andmasterofnothing.Grippingandcomplex,TheScapegoatisamasterfulexplorationofdoublingandidentity,andofthedarksideoftheself.