« Premier feathers » by Charlie Gilmour read by Arthur Quaranta, cinematographer – Liberation

A few days ago, around a pint of blonde, my friends asked me what kind of father I was going to become. Authoritarian or lax father? Father stuffed or father hen? There are many of the posts to be filled … The birth of my son is imminent and while waiting for him to come in the universe, I start reading First feathers by Charlie Gilmour, who offers us a reflection on paternity.

Before his novel became a bestseller in Great Britain, Charlie Gilmour was best known for having uttered, during a student demonstration, a monument to the dead in the center of London in 2010. In a momentum of stupidity and galvanized by the crowd, it is taken in picture by the press to grip the British flag, hung on the famous cenotaph. A few moments later, he taunts Prince Charles trying to leave his palace in his Rolls-Royce, jumping on the hood of one of his safety cars! This is how he will make the headlines before scoring a prison sentence. But fate does things well. You have to believe that you can go very well in a few years of young brain adults to successful writer. Charlie Gilmour (David Gilmour’s adoptive son, musician of Pink Floyd, editor’s note) Tells this episode in this first autobiographical novel. He made a self -examination. « How to rationalize the irrational? » (…) Thinking that I did all these things is scary. ”