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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Daphne du Maurier’s book “The Scapegoat” is rich with insight into human family systems theory; I was intrigued how she wove this story that it seemed everyone in the story was part of the &quot;Scapegoat&quot; that he was confronting, facing and dealing with, instead of hiding and running fro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40183561">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would recommend this novel to anyone who thought Daphne du Maurier never wrote another decent book after My Cousin Rachel. All in all, The Scapegoat is strangely underlooked, a neglected gem.  It's hard to see why this one gets forgotten, as the premise is intriguing, the plot gripping and du Maur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53214560">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[        One of Daphne duMaurier's lesser-known, but very well done, books, The Scapegoat is the story of a man, John, who is thrust into the life of his double, whom he stumbles upon in a small city in France. In a forced exchange of identities, John joins his double's complicated and troubled famil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39908872">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book several years ago and recommended it to a number of people.  Although it's on my &quot;read&quot; list, I need to add it to my &quot;to read&quot; list, because I need to read it again.  Images from this story come back to me as I read other things or watch movies, and I don't know ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44752080">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Two men, who looks are indistinguishable from one another swap places. No hollywood ending here.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this novel.  The author did a great job making you fall in love with the flawed characters as “the scapegoat” also fell in love with them in the story.  There are various levels to the situation, the people, and the main character, and these levels were revealed strategically th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18848661">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered what would happen if you met someone who could be your identical twin?  What if you switched places?  Could you do it?  Would anybody know it wasn't you?  The Scapegoat explores these possibilities by bringing together two identical men, Jean de Gue and John, each not entirely...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25722795">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was going to say that this might be DuMaurier’s strangest novel, but I’ve had that feeling about all of them. This one stars a dull, decent Englishman who while in France runs into his doppelganger, a malignant sort of guy who also happens to be an identity thief, leaving dull John with his fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49430474">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very convincing and involving take on the &quot;Two people look/talk alike and switch identities&quot; plot.<br/><br/>It's not as rolicking good fun as &quot;The Great Impersonation&quot;, having nothing to do with spies and military secrets, and it can get rather heavy as the protagonist blindl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14276643">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in the early 60's.  When I joined goodreads, trying to remember books I'd read, this book suddenly arrived in my memory.  At that time (I was in junior high or high school) I was blown away by this book.  I may do an experiment and read it again and see how it seems to me now.  ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that captured my attention. I found it very thought provoking and so much wanted to discuss the moral complexities of the story. I spent alot of time thinking about this book and how I would react each time the main character had to make a decision.  I really liked the book.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[While the idea of story—switched identities—is not a new one, Du Maurier puts an interesting spin on the approach.  The book is artfully written, which allows the reader to really get inside the head of the main character, John.  Like many of Du Maurier’s other works, her characters have a “...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5988935">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I rate this as a 4.5. Very enjoyable, leaves you wanting to get to the end and find out what happens. Detailed story of the relationships between people and the impact they make on each others lives. Very well written.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous  demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared  at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and  fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me  too well.    <p>I was looking at myself.&quot;    <p>Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.    <p>Loaded with suspense and wit, The Scapegoat tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chteau.    <p>Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of &quot;artfully compulsive storytelling,&quot; The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe this one will be better than Jamica Inn...<br/><br/>Much better than Jamaica Inn.  Although the idea of identical strangers trading places seems more than fictional.  But the idea is very intriguing.  I found the ending a little anti-climatic.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[By chance, two men - one English, the other French - meet in a provincial railway station. Their physical resemblance is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John, the Englishman, falls into a drunken stupour. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, his French companion has stolen his identity and disappeared. So John steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles - as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing. Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self.]]>
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