Luc Chomarat

L’espion qui venait du livre

The Spy Who Came from the Book

June 2, 2022
Novel
176 pages
16,90 €
9782358878654
978-2-3588-7865-4
																Luc Chomarat, L’espion qui venait du livre
																Luc Chomarat, L’espion qui venait du livre

Bob Dumont, secret agent, is constantly fighting the evil Igor. From one adventure to the next, our over-trained hero with devastating charm fights to prevent him from becoming the master of the world. But as he leaves the arms of a stewardess on a Singapore street, Dumont meets an opponent of a different calibre. Delafeuille, a Parisian publisher, has no intention of swallowing the implausible, racist and sexist clichés of this novel once again. The world of books has changed, readers have other demands. To breathe new life into this story, the publisher decided to go back into the novel, to get Bob Dumont and take him to John Davis, the author, to have a little conversation between men...

With this inventive and surprising pastiche of a spy novel, Luc Chomarat leads us into a novelistic imbroglio of the most delightful. Chases and fight scenes are mixed with a fine and malicious portrait of authors and editors.

The author

Luc Chomarat published his first novel at the age of twenty-two, earning himself a place on the Literary Magazine’s list of most promising authors. Also a translator of Jim Thompson, he first made his mark in noir literature and received the Grand Prix de littérature policière for his novel Un trou dans la toile in 2016 (Rivages). He published Le Polar de l’été (2017) and then Le dernier thriller norvégien (2019) at La Manufacture de livres.

Strong points

The first adventures of Delafeuille, the main character of Dernier thriller norvégien (2019).

A reissue of Luc Chomarat’s book published by Rivages and out of print for several years.

A reflection full of intelligence and humor on the world of the book.

June 2, 2022
Novel
176 pages
16,90 €
9782358878654
978-2-3588-7865-4