The Devil Laughs Again

I purchased the movie 'The Sorrow and The Pity' first--this led to a lot of questions about the French--the occupation, resistance and overall attitudes and behaviors in WWII. In light of the French attitude concerning the involvement of that country in conflicts around the globe, I picked this book up out of curiosity and found a lot more than I bargained for. I was immediately swept up in a harrowing and depressing story of struggle and betrayal, written from the perspective of a French Woman who lived through it all with her family. A real eye opener--an extremely enjoyable book, if that is I word I can use here. I do not recommend it as the first book in the trilogy to read. Characters appear and disappear with the assumption that the reader has read the first two books. After reading this I located and purchased the first two, 'The Blue Bicycle' and 'Lea' and then ended up reading 'The Devil Laughs' a second time. The three novels are the French 'Gone With The Wind' She writes well from a perspective that would be called Anti-French from anyone else. The characters are real--what they feel--the confusion, pain, frustration and horror are well communicated and the reader is drawn into the story. This is a novel that is experienced as well as read. An extremely visual story that would make an excellent film if someone had the nerve.

In 1944, the World War 2 was about to finish. It was the moment of revenge. Léa Delmas was involved with French Resistance Operations, consequently her life was in dangerous. Far away from her love , François Tavernier, she must fight to recover him, with the same force as she combat the deutchs enemies. Passion, adventure and honor are the ingredients that make "The Devil Laughs Again" an involvent and exating book till the last page.