Author: Frederic Beigbeder Year: 2009 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Contemporary, Fiction
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ISBNs: 9780007371365 9782253134411 0007371365 2253134414 |
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In his most autobiographical book to date, the author recounts his stay in police custody, when in January 2008 he was arrested for snorting cocaine outside a Paris nightclub. As he lies in his cell, he revisits his childhood, from the carefree days when his grandfather taught him to skim pebbles at the beach in Cenitz, to his parents' divorce; the conflicting influences of his hedonistic father and his studious, seemingly conventional brother. And then Beigbeder recalls his first, unrequited loves. This patchwork of memories is as much a portrait of the era as it is the story of a fragile, self-critical man who has finally dropped the mask.
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