With the code, Gamache was able to learn that the words under them were Emily and Charlotte. That’s a brilliant answer to an interesting question. When questioned about the order of the carvings, Olivier claims he doesn’t know the story they’re trying to tell. I also think he hurt the hermit so badly – even without the killing. Thanks for the insight and much material to mull over. Olivier has always seemed to be a good guy and not the sort to commit murder. Local murder victims tend to be dispatched not by a genteel dose of strychnine, but by an errant arrow let fly in the brilliantly autumnal woods, or an elaborate electrocution during a curling match. And Olivier was most often the chef, as well as the manager/owner of the Bistro. He is jealous and fearful. #1 I do think that Peter intentionally sabotaged Clara’s work, and I agree that there is envy there. It’s why he made sure Olivier was charged with manslaughter instead of murder. #1 Do you think Peter was purposely trying to sabotage Clara with his advice? 5. Do you agree with his distinction? I think Peter struggled with what to advise Clara about Fortin because Peter knew Clara needed to be honest about her friendships even if it meant lost opportunity, but he is also aware of his own insecurity and had to examine his conscience to ne sure he wasn’t purposely sabotaging her. By Olivier continuing his lies to the police, he just digs a hole deeper and deeper. This book DID change my opinion of Olivier. And a lazy man wouldn’t travel to people’s homes, to buy their antiques, even when he thought they wouldn’t have anything of value. Yes, in previous books, Olivier is described once or twice as “greedy”, but in passing, and usually, in jest. . It’s not really reasonable to think that he could have kept something hidden. The Bistro ». Heck, I was angry with Olivier by about the third set of lies! He’s like a child in so many ways, and Clara has grown so used to taking care of him. Greedy. While talking about this book, I’ve been re-reading (yet again) A Fatal Grace. There’s no way to fix it. But every now and then it stumbled.”. But could it also be fear of losing her? Olivier would never do that to Gabri. ), I love that line Penny wrote about Peter: “His heart beat for Clara every hour of every day. She is not sure of herself which makes it easy for Peter to take advantage of her. We see Gamache get visibly angry with Olivier, and he’s usually so collected. The actual reveal comes as quite a shock! I found the Emily Carr bits very interesting and also wondered what her father told her that was so awful she couldn’t tell anyone. There are three main couples in the book: Clara and Peter, Olivier and Gabri, and Gamache and Reine-Marie. Email, Join us in The Bistro to continue the discussion around the entire Gamache series. An old stone mill sat beside a pond, the mid-morning sun warming its fieldstones. Peter’s has to do with hurting or maiming the person he allegedly loves. And Gabri, she's a customer, so don't embarrass us all by asking for her autograph." I have to think that these things have such an impact on us, that only the strongest among us can rise up and not be crushed by them. And I DO think he is trying to do better after the incident with his trying to sabotage the painting in the first place. If Gabriel and Olivier do choose to marry, at least they already live in a country that recognizes same-sex unions. Olivier LIKES making money. Olivier took the Menorah and the sack with the last carving, and hid them in the fireplace of the bistro. Olivier and Gabri must have felt the same way. At least as seriously flawed as Peter. I don’t think he’s guilty of murder, though. The next morning he tells Clara to speak to Fortin. I think he’d have been let off pretty quickly, and I think that Olivier kind of knew that. We don’t believe he is the murderer and yet more and more the evidence points to him as the one who did the deed. I think that this is a distinction that makes some sense. How do you understand the game Jane used to play with Yolande and the Queen of Hearts? (Not to say that she wouldn’t take both. Peter is like someone with a dual personality because he does appreciate Clara but he also wants to see her fail, which is not being supportive. There are three main couples in the book: Clara and Peter, Olivier and Gabri, and Gamache and Reine-Marie. Great insight! The word childish has been used to describe Peter and I would agree that he is childish but it is a childish selfishness he displays whereas Clara displays a childish naivete. With Nathaniel Parker, Anthony Lemke, Kate Hewlett, Gabriel Hogan. And our lives become defined by our choices. Maybe he fears Clara growing beyond him. This time I bought e-books and had to wait until my finances allowed. Olivier’s brutal telling. A casual look around the cabin reveals that several items all have one name in common, Charlotte. I believe that Peter was trying to sabotage Clara. He or she is still dead at the hands of another person, whether or not that person planned to do harm ahead of time or not. Finding out that he also owned a lot of real estate in Three Pines also says he works hard and is a shrewd businessman. Gamache makes a trip to the cabin to look around before it’s cleaned out, and ponders who might have had motive to kill The Hermit. I’m very sure he WANTED to help her, even that he TRIED to help her, but he is so little in touch with himself that he just can’t see his way. This shocked me. No, I don’t. When he returned, Jakob was dead. Vincent Gilbert decides to stay in Three Pines and live in Jakob’s cabin, Clara is contacted by Therese Brunel, and has hope that her art show might still happen. He’d be suspected, certainly, but since it was clear the body had been moved (not enough blood, either in the Bistro, or the Inn), it would have come out pretty soon that the hermit had been murdered in the cabin, and why on earth would anyone move a body and put it in their own home? Now I have the books I have had some difficulty reining myself in, though I tried, so am reading The Beautiful Mystery. I also agree that Gamache is angry with Olivier precisely because he has considered O. to be a friend, and who expects a friend to continually lie to him? The word Woo and the prevalence of the name Charlotte lead Gamache to think of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 4. Gamache is confronted by Gabri again, trying to explain that Olivier couldn’t have murdered Jakob. Gabri is with Ruth to comfort her as they watch the duck go. So do you think that Oliver actuallu killed the Hermit? Part of the beauty of the series is the way Louise just nails those very human moments. – ?being brutally honest about telling a truth? I was just thinking that authors frequently kill a character off to shake up the reader, to change the world, a number of reasons. It seems to me that supporting a friend is more important to her than personal success. She knew that both Gabriel and Olivier had hot tempers, but she was furious with them for reacting in such a juvenile way." Gabri Olivier is on Facebook. Directed by Peter Moss. I’m not really sure or clear about just what this expression means – i.e. Bad enough that Clara heard it, but how hard was it to share with anyone else. My husband and I read a book together every night, and this is our current book – it’s his first time through – he loves Ruth! We couldn’t possibly know the depth of the greed from what’s been said before, when we compare it to his actions. Olivier says he didn’t kill the Hermit, but confesses that he found the Hermit dead in the cabin and moved the body to the Hadley house for Marc Gilbert to find. I seem to have much more faith in Clara’s ability to see Peter and understand him. Louise so perfectly captures that need to complete some task in order to have some control in the chaos. It’s not fate, not genetics, not bad luck, and it’s definitely not Mom and Dad. I think Peter is central to these stories, even when he’s not playing a major role. Gamache says “I’ve never met anyone uniformly kind and good,” yet no one has anything bad to say about Jane—except regarding her art. I loved and dreaded this book. Olivier was every bit as greedy and determined to make money before he even met Gabri. “It’s a gay blizzard,” said Ruth. Bury Your Dead was the first book release I experienced at Murder By The Book, and every customer wanted to know if Louise was going to fix what she did in The Brutal Telling. It’s certainly not a healthy love. Linda, yes, Olivier didn’t mean to hurt Gabri, like Peter did, but he DID hurt Gabri, terribly. I guess knowing what was going to happen on the future helped. It’s on the flight home that Gamache realizes how the carvings fit together. He’s said it himself, he doesn’t really want a lot of customers. They are both smart, talented people. The visit doesn’t go well. It’s an awful story, meant to keep the hermit “caged” in his home – afraid to go out. He just seems to want to take care of friends, and he does that beautifully. Voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. I think I felt Gabri’s heart break over and over again. But I think it’s also the story that Olivier tells to the hermit. When she needs some advice like this, I truly think he is just lost as to what to do. Olivier and Gabri were walking over from the B and B, and met them on the road. When Olivier calls their earlier home “…that dump of an apartment, ” Gabri says, ” I fixed it up.” I think he was sincerely proud of fixing it up. He is the Publicity Manager at Murder By The Book in Houston, TX, and has been a bookseller for eleven years (seven years at Borders, four at Murder By the Book). While it’s a delicious bit of irony that Marc does to Olivier the same as Olivier had done to him, it’s stunning to think that if Marc hadn’t done so, he would surely have been blamed for killing the hermit. It was disappointing to see how much Olivier kept hidden and how many lies he told. “I used to be as pure as the driven snow,” Gabri confided in Constance. He does want to, but then I think deep down inside he doesn’t. Instead of urging her to do what he thought was safe, he urged her to tell Fortin how his comment had hurt, angered, disappointed. Louise deals with the insecurities of people’s characters, intertwining their strengths as well. “I admire you for standing by him.” I do think Penny is consistent about Gabri being greedy. No one on the island knows him. Ultimately it’s us and our choices.” How do their choices affect the principal characters in the novel? I love doing the re-reads as there is so much I don’t remember. Also I love seeing the new insights I missed the first time. I’ll try to put this to good use immeyiateld. “You aren’t good enough for me to care to know you.” Olivier’s father chose not to know him before Olivier started hiding who he was. That distinction is important in a court of law, but not really to the person killed. And I think this bothers him, because he knows Olivier did not have murder in his heart. How would you characterize each of these relationships? As far as the question of murder or of killing….that’s a legal distinction that we gloss over frequently when we speak about someone taking another’s life. “Olivier didn’t do it, you know,” said Gabri, stopping to look at Gamache directly. I think he genuinely loves Clara and that he would be lost without her, but then again, is that love, or neediness? Cracking the codes still doesn’t offer any insight into their meaning. Still, small consolation to the dead person. Julie, I was dreading this one, too, because I remember being so disturbed the first time that I read it. It’s Olivier who wouldn’t have, and seeing that Gabri was not going to work very hard at making a go of the B and B just put more on his shoulders. The children looked like little adults. 4. Publishers Weekly (Starred review.) If Gamache didn’t care about Olivier, he wouldn’t have become angry. KB, you have it exactly the way I think it is! Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec, along with his team, is dispatched to Three Pines. They're small adults. When I reread them all the first time I avoided this one because of the hurt. Do we still love him? 1. So is it love or is it a need to have her there to do things for him. He spent time with Jakob, and had to go back when he realized he left the artifact he was given. Back in the Bistro, Gabri learns that Olivier has never told his father he is gay. “I used to be as pure as the driven snow,” Gabri confided in Constance. First, by just his actions, but second, by leaving. Gamache’s anger with Olivier. Many times one spouse “grows beyond” the other. The Cruelest Month: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 3) - Kindle edition by Penny, Louise. Olivier offered a temporary solution, "I'll offer her licorice pipe to get a sense. In the stands beyond the parade sat the crowd, many of them in profile, looking at each other, or looking away from each other. The Hermit came from Czechoslovakia just as the Berlin Wall fell, stored his treasures in Montreal, and moved them to the cabin once it was built. it’s interesting that you dreaded this book. It was frustrating that Olivier chose to continue lying. This is seen when one earns higher degrees, becomes better known, not necessarily known on a national or world level. (Still Life said he wouldn’t….at least not knowingly, and all of the books in the series said that he was conscientious and brilliant.). Do I think he did it? Olivier says that The Hermit was telling him the story of the carvings, but never finished the story, and Olivier has never seen the final carving. My heart also really broke for Gabri as he discovered all the dishonest things Olivier had done, starting with removing the body of the hermit and taking it to the Hadley house in order to put suspicion on Marc. Gamache says “I’ve never met anyone uniformly kind and good,” yet no one has anything bad to say about Jane—except 3. Gamache says “I’ve never met anyone uniformly kind and good,” yet no one has anything bad to say about Jane—except regarding her art. Clara talks to Myrna about her incident with Fortin, and Myrna says she would have done nothing as well. Sign up for the Gamache Series newsletter and Louise Penny author alerts. He fears her talent will bring her more acclaim than his has earned him. Bistro proprietors, Gabri Dubeau and Olivier Brule, are stunned; they have put everything into their business and fear the ramifications of recent events. I won’t say it is my favorite in the series, but it is no longer “the one that I didn’t like.”. Olivier knew Jakob was afraid of something, so he made up a story to keep Jakob scared and isolated. It is as if the village is in a state of flux exacerbated by Peter’s envy, Oliver and Gabriel, and finally Ruth’s duck! I think that’s a beautiful testament to the world that she created. http://libbysong.com/new_car_insurance_scale.php, http://carinsurancegets.info/mutualofenumclawautoinsurancequote.php, The Annotated Three Pines – The Brutal Telling. I was very disappointed in Olivier. KB and Julie, I agree about Gamache and his anger at Olivier’s constant lying. Gamache is, of course, angry at Olivier for being so stupid as to lie, lie, lie. Well said, Linda. Required fields are marked *, Join us in The Bistro to continue the discussion around the entire Gamache series. When I think of this book, the image in my head is always of Gabri and his preserves. His belief that keeping feelings bottled up was good advice supports this. We’re never given access to what Carr’s father said. How would you characterize each of these relationships? However, I always remember: Everything has a crack, that’s how the light gets in. 2. I will say that I am enjoying the series more the second time than the first and I have been a huge fan right from the first chapter of the first book of the series. I need to add, too, that one of the most awful things he did was move the body and dump it in the new Inn’s vestibule. We see hope is Gamache’s patience with Gabri, and we’re left with some hope that Clara might still have her art show. It was frustrating that Olivier didn’t trust Gamache enough to believe that it would be better to tell the truth. I don’t think Olivier thought about the consequences of his frequent lying until Gamache got angry and confronted him about all the lies, and by that time, it was like the boy who cried wolf–he’d told so many lies that by the time he did tell the truth, it wasn’t believable, coming from him. It would be very easy to picture them as the victims in their situations, but self-honesty is called for in order to have any hope of moving forward. The first time we hear this expression is in relation to the artist Emily Carr. Now, after my second reading, though, I have a very different perspective. While speaking of Emily Carr, Clara mentions the concept of “the brutal telling.” Carr was estranged from her father, and later in life she said it was because her father had said something horrible and unforgivable to her. Let us take you on this journey through fabled Three Pines and follow what inspired Louise to write The Brutal Telling, How The Light Gets In, Dead Cold, The Cruelest Month, Still Life and The Murder Stone…etc. I dreaded it, but then, as I got into it, I really enjoyed it. Do any of their choices remind you of ones you have made in your own life? 4. Readers of Penny’s series think of the inhabitants of Three Pines as old friends: the artist Clara, the bookstore owner and former psychologist Myrna, Olivier and Gabri, who own the bistro and make delicious meals, and the cantankerous old poet Ruth and her pet duck Rosa. Olivier and Gabri, gay owners of the Bistro and B&B, insist they that they don’t know the dead man and can’t imagine how he came to be lying on their floor. True – and it could definitely be said that this caused Olivier to be even more anxious to earn money – because he had to not only support himself and Gabri, but also the B and B. I think Gabri would have been happy with whatever they had. An actual truth or what is assumed to be the truth by the teller? Do you think any of his lies were unforgivable in the eyes of Three Pines? So what was the brutal telling? Clara decides to talk with Gabri. I think we all found out together the magnitude of his greed. What do you think of Timmer Hadley’s idea that “there’s something about Ruth Zardo, something bitter, that resents happiness in others, and needs to ruin it. I thought of him as being brave and principled in “Still Life”, based on the first impression: kissing Gabri’s manure stained hand in the face of the hate of the group of teenaged boys. There are three main couples in the book: Clara and Peter, Olivier and Gabri, and Gamache and Reine‐Marie. And police cars. There were no other suspects who made sense. Feelings, as Louise says, locked inside, leaking every now and then when something causes a crack in the wall. “BRUTAL TELLING” Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team arrive in Three Pines to solve the unusual murder of a much-loved woman and find dark secrets shadowing this usually peaceful village. Do you agree with his distinction? That’s the answer we’ve been looking for. Peter is exactly that, a wounded child. I also think that one aspect of the Brutal Telling for Olivier is when Gamache tells him that he is arrested. What is your impression of that art? So very sad. Gamache desperately wanted the truth from Olivier, feeling that Olivier knew more than he was telling. Gamache takes a trip to Queen Charlotte Island to see if that’s where The Hermit had come from. Good point. What is your impression of that art? Gabri is inconsolable without Olivier, and even though we might think – “But he didn’t do it!” and “It’s so unfair”, Olivier is still the reason he got arrested – his lies actually disrupted and thwarted the investigation. I wish I could say the same for everyone here.”, Clara has “very specific tastes” in murder mysteries: “Most of them were British and all were of the village cozy variety.” Do you see. As he learns more about the island’s history, Gamache is certain that The Hermit spent time on the island, but no one can verify it for sure. To see him just see the body as a “thing” – that was the thing I have the most trouble with. And God help him, Peter is in for some trouble! I think Clara did the right thing by confronting Fortin, for the right reasons, no matter Peter’s motives. That’s probably what makes her a great poet, she knows what it is to suffer.”. I absolutely adore Gabri’s character, but I ask myself, how innocent is he, really? What is your impression of that art? All through this, I just think of poor Gabri, saying “Oh, Olivier!” over and over as each new lie is exposed and Olivier is shown to be so very greedy and unfeeling. As usual – there are hints beforehand, which, if we had known then what we know now, would be very telling. I agree. Your email address will not be published. It’s not that Gabri put it there – Olivier did it to himself, but he did feel the pressure to make up for what the B and B lost. And it looked as though Gabri would keep this up forever. Same for me, Susan. I really think it’s the latter. “Every surface of the kitchen was packed with colorful jars filled with jams and jellies, pickles and chutneys. Clara asks Peter what to do about Fortin, and Peter is slow to offer any advice. And I think Peter knows that. I think he might have been getting a glimpse into his dark soul with that story, and he didn’t like it. I agree, Julie. I know that Ms. Penny chose this expression for this book – and am a bit puzzled by it. Book Club Discussion Guide Still Life by Louise Penny _____ Discussion Questions 1. 4. In a rare moment of frustration, Gamache pounds on the table and demands the truth. (The corollary being that innocent people do not need to lie). Olivier says he didn't kill the Hermit, but confesses that he found the Hermit dead in the cabin and moved the body to the Hadley house for Marc Gilbert to find. Everyone has so thoughtfully answered the questions that I”ll mostly be echoing what all has been said! Unearth the canvas where Armand, Clara, Myrna, Ruth, Gabri, Olivier, and Reine-Marie come to life in the printed word. There’s a huge clue to the murder early in the book, when Jane gives Ben a meaningful look and then quotes from W. H. Auden: “Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.” Why is it so easy to overlook that clue at the time, and what impact does it have when it’s quoted again in the last chapter? I didn’t like thinking that he could have done it, but there wasn’t anywhere else to go. I thought the price tags on everything was a cute and clever way to combine two businesses, not a sign of greed. Filled with unexpected insights, this winning traditional mystery sets a solid foundation for future entries in the series. In many ways, it’s a favorite, but I seem to think that of every one of Louise’s books! It’s mentioned several times in previous books. I just cannot trust Peter to have Clara’s best interest in mind. Despite claiming that he didn’t kill Jakob, Olivier is arrested for the murder. Olivier’s flaw has to do with greed. 3. But desecration of a body? Any love he feels for her is squelched when confronted with her talent. Gabri would have been fine without the B & B, with just what they could afford and do themselves. Gamache says that he doesn’t believe Olivier is a murderer, but that he does believe Olivier has killed. Peter hesitated understanding, perhaps, that Clara would even decide to confront Fortin on her own. John, you’ve summed up the conclusion of this book so beautifully. Memorable characters include Jane; Jane's shallow niece, Yolande; and a delightful gay couple, Olivier and Gabri. It’s hard to imagine Peter as being thoroughly bad – there IS some good in him, though he tries to keep so much feeling stifled that it must be hard for him to even get out of bed every day! But the loss in profit has to come from somewhere. How would you characterize each of these relationships? Do you think he did it? I have to admit, I thought Olivier was like Gabri, in that he preferred not to work too hard – that was wrong, of course – he actually works very hard in the Bistro – I forgot that you can’t run a restaurant without hard work. I feel the Brutal Telling is when we face the truth about ourselves. Silently preserving everything he could.”. That was done with brutality. Why is it he keeps lying? A search team tears apart the Bistro, and hidden in the fireplace is a sack and a Menorah, the murder weapon. If he hadn’t acted as he did, he wouldn’t have been arrested, and he wouldn’t have left. They have been fooling themselves about their relationships and they’ve failed to see their partners going down for the third time. I think that Gamache has the opinion that Olivier got carried away by his greed and his fear that the hermit was about to discover that there was no chaos on the way in the outer world, and that he acted in the heat of the moment. The key to the codes on the bottom of the carvings is the number 16. 2. Skill, as well, for it to be believable. He’s clearly kind, friendly, and an upstanding citizen of Three Pines. It really is cowardly to hurl remarks that way. I don’t think, if Marc had called the police after finding the body at his home, and been arrested for the murder, that Olivier would have come forward to confess that he had placed the body there. And there are worse things said, or that can be. It’s as simple and as complex as that. In fact, thought Clara leaning tentatively forward as though the canvas might deal her another blow, those aren't children. How did it make you feel? After you see others being so respectful of the dead, such as Lacoste’s speaking to them, to reassure them that they will find who did this to them, to the rituals that the women of Three Pines do – the smudging and tying ribbons on the sticks… it’s awful to see someone treat the body of someone who just a few hours ago was a living, breathing, person who called himself your friend! It would be very frightening to be insecure and see the spouse you love on a path that might lead her or him away from you. You have obviously captured the nuance that Louise has given us, and it will help us to discuss the rest of the book. That in itself is horrible, not only because he was willing to treat the body of the hermit in such a disrespectful way, but that he was willing to let someone else take the blame for killing the hermit. We’re left in a place of transition. Maybe Olivier’s brutal telling was from the actions of his parents (father). Sorry, but I disagree about Olivier’s being as seriously flawed as Peter. The wound not healed, but neither was it getting deeper. I think he was propelled by his greed to do some awful, awful things, but not that. Gamache gets help trying to decipher the codes on the bottom of The Hermit’s carvings and learns that several have been sold and are worth enough money to be a possible motive for murder. Consider Gamache’s advice to Nichol: “Life is choice. Tensions are high as the group argues. There are so many things. I think if the tables were turned he would not have defended Olivier as he’s weak and a coward. The accumulation of thousands of nit-picking comments, eating away at her self-confidence. He’s too busy being a wounded child. The intricacies of living in a small village that boasts a set of shops, and a bistro where people gather and are looked after well by the extrovert couple of Olivier and Gabri who also run the local B & B. Goodreads I love the tender moment between Ruth and Gabri as Rosa takes flight. He and Jean Guy — different, but a sameness. But I don’t think he was really trying to help her, either. Do you think Peter was purposely trying to sabotage Clara with his advice? I did not see him as consumed by greed. He could have been arrested just for obstruction of justice. No, I don’t think he did it. Readers rely upon this cozy setting, with its cast of characters including Ruth Zardo, the wacky poet, Olivier and Gabri, the owners of the local bistro. You’ve hit the ball out the park! I think, in the end, that The Brutal Telling is, for Olivier all these things, and the lies he told. First or second degree murder. Poor Peter has such a battle with his good/evil twins! Sorry I don’t take part in the discussions, but I have read most of the comments. That’s not quite the truth, but it’s merely the setup for the first of many surprises. How has this book changed my opinion of Olivier? In a way I think Olivier got caught up in his lies, beginning with the first one, at least that we know of in this book, of not knowing who the hermit was after Myrna discovered the body in the bistro. Still, what you say about his not coming forward if Marc HAD been arrested is probably true. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Not all killing is murder. It was disappointing that Olivier didn’t know Gamache enough to know that his lies would be revealed. :-)} When he talks to Olivier, Gamache is angry – he didn’t tell him of the arrest as gently as he might have done someone else who had not thwarted him with lies at every turn. Greed – eh – lots of people are greedy – it’s almost a natural growth out of scrambling to have enough. Do you think Peter was purposely trying to sabotage Clara with his advice? Pigs were distinguishable from goats only because they were bright red. {BTW, that would make a great title for a mystery novel! 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