In the small town of Crozon in Brittany,a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday,young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it.
The book is a sensation,prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author - apparently one Henri Pick,a now-deceased pizza chef from Crozon. Sceptics cry that the whole thing is a hoax: how could this man have written such a masterpiece
An obstinate journalist,Jean-Michel Rouche,heads to Brittany to investigate. By turns farcical and moving,The Mystery of Henri Pick is a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books - and of the authors who write them.
Publisher: Pushkin PressISBN: 9781782275824Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Written in a deceptively simple style,and with a beguiling mixture of conundrum and satire... this book is light,funny and erudite: a delight.'- The Guardian
'The Mystery of Henri Pick manages the great gap between levity and profundity,between humour and seriousness. A beautiful farce.'-Le Figaro Litteraire
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