by Gilles Martin-Chauffier · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246572312
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«Les corrompus» is the novel by Gilles Martin-Chauffier, published by B. Grasset in paperback (344 pages, in French).
In 1994, a secretary of state publishes under his own name a biography of Barbey d'Aurevilly written by a journalist. The narrator, his ghostwriter, discovers the politician's cynical side and the corruption surrounding him. The plot moves through offices, literary juries and an occupied church, until the press exposes the affair.
Winner of the Prix Interallié in 1998, the year of its original publication.
For readers of contemporary French fiction who enjoy stories about power, corruption and journalism.
