by Franz-Olivier Giesbert · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246411116
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«L'affreux» is the novel by Franz-Olivier Giesbert, published by B. Grasset in paperback (330 pages, in French).
Aristide is a child nicknamed «l'affreux» for his unappealing looks and his tendency to blurt out impertinences. Raised in a family in Argenteuil, he tries to win people over with charm and irony. Accused of a crime he did not commit, he flees and travels across France in a picaresque journey that feeds his particular moral philosophy.
The novel «L'affreux», published in 1992, won the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française.
For readers of contemporary French fiction looking for a picaresque story with humour and irony.
Franz-Olivier Giesbert is an American-born French journalist, author, and television presenter.
