L'ère des suspects : roman /
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Author / Creator: | Martin-Chauffier, Gilles, author. |
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Imprint: | Paris : Bernard Grasset, [2018] |
Description: | 285 pages ; 21 cm |
Language: | French |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11722299 |
Summary: | In the "Black City" of Versières, territory forgotten by the Republic, a teenager of North African origin is found dead on the edge of a RER track. The day before, he had been pursued by a young peacekeeper. Everything seems to indicate that it is not for nothing, but that does not matter: the games are made. The police, the family, the big brothers, the town hall, the lawyers, the press, the "consciences" - all get involved, everyone looks for his account but no one seems to care about the essential: who is the real guilty? From the Elysee Palace to the Ministry of the Interior, from a police station to a luxury swimming pool to an information magazine, L'Ere des suspects takes us to the heart of a society of lies and pretense, where the "victims" serve as media spoils for the tartuffes that govern us. Between political thriller and power comedy, Gilles Martin-Chauffier signs his Bûcher des vanités à la française: an ambitious novel about the impostures of our time. |
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Physical Description: | 285 pages ; 21 cm |
ISBN: | 9782246818182 2246818184 |