Nailcruncher

Nailcruncher (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.