I didn't realize this was written in French until I got home from the library. I will look again for a book in English. This is not what I would consider a masterful translation. The result is very stilted. It clearly shows the underpinnings of the French it was translated from. In a way I suppose that makes it a faithful translation. But it also fails to render the narrative into fluid, readable English.

I had intended to include some damning examples but I am away from the book so you'll just have to take my word for it.