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Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon

Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon

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Proud Beggars by Albert Cossery

Proud Beggars by Albert Cossery

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The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq

The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq

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Lives Other Than My Own by Emmanuel Carrère

Lives Other Than My Own by Emmanuel Carrère

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Recommended.

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A Very French Book

Tim Adams at the Guardian reviews Public Enemies by Michel Houellebecq and Bernard-Henri Lévy.

As the correspondence unfolds, each man begins to identify both the sources of the rancour he excites and the defence against it. For Lévy, sanity always lies in narcissism: “In the face of assaults my ego is fireproof, shatterproof.” Houellebecq, meanwhile, claims at times to draw strength from the outrage he provokes, though generally he believes that “what I am going through is something similar to what medieval criminals did when they were pilloried… head imprisoned in a wooden frame… and any passer-by could slap him in the face, spit at him or worse”.

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You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik

You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik

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A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé

A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé

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Mouroir by Breyten Breytenbach

Mouroir by Breyten Breytenbach

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Recommended with reservations.

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