![]() He tricks John into being his scapegoat - assuming his identity so he can disappear without causing a manhunt. In The Scapegoat, Jean has made an utter mess of his life, his family business is going under, his daughter is flighty and quasi-suicidal, his sister is a religious fanatic who hasn't spoken to him for 20 years, his mother is a morphine addict, his brother hates him.you get the picture. Very much a Prince and the Pauper story that Mark Twain played around with, and Dickens had a go at in A Tale of Two Cities. ![]() Basic story is that a boring British academician (John) whose specialty is French history meets his doppelganger, a roguish French count (Jean), in a bar and Jean tricks John into changing places with him. The Scapegoat was a classic DMM thriller. ![]() Once again, Dame Daphne didn't let me down. So, of course, I got a copy of the book, which I hadn't read when I watched the movie, and it sat on my shelf until the GoodReads True Book Talk group read it in March. ![]() I stumbled upon a movie version of The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier a few years ago and was fascinated by the story. ![]()
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