The Fetishist (French: Le Coq de bruyère) is a short story collection by Michel Tournier, first published in 1978,[1] by Éditions Gallimard.
[4] Bob Halliday of the Washington Post wrote that the works feature characters who were "sent of [sic] [meaning "off"] the rails by natural instincts that have been bent or misfocused.
John Weightman of New York Review of Books stated his belief that the publishers of the English volume chose a different title because "The Woodcock" would "be too blank and unispiring [sic] as a general heading" as the English language does not use those birds to represent sexuality, while the new title, in Weightman's words, "gives a strong flavor of kinkiness to the whole volume.
[5] They are, in order in the English version: Victor Brombert of The New York Times argued that the works are "at once opulent and precise".
[3] Valentine Cunningham, in The Observer, stated that the works were "engaging" and that they had characters with "grotesque fascinations" who face "disastrous" resolutions.