Nailcruncher

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Nailcruncher
Author Albert Cohen
Original titleMangeclous
Translator Vyvyan Holland
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Publisher Éditions Gallimard
Publication date
1938
Published in English
1940
Pages326

Nailcruncher (French : Mangeclous) is a 1938 novel by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. It is the second part in a loosely connected series of four; it was preceded by Solal of the Solals , and followed by Belle du Seigneur and Les Valeureux. Nailcruncher was adapted into a 1988 film with the same title, directed by Moshé Mizrahi. [1]

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