« The black novel leads to a capture of a state of the world » – Liberation

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At the Quais du Polar festival the tradition wants that, when an author or an author has sold all the books brought by the bookseller on his stand, the latter pushes a cry of joy and applauded everything, causing a standing ovation immediately taken up by the more than 120 writers present in the Palais de Bourse. Because it is thus, the family of the thriller, we are delighted with the success of the comrades (well … of almost all). Usually happens on Sunday, at the last hours of the festival. This weekend, the event experienced such a crowd that applause resounded four times from Saturday. On the stand of the Sonatine publishing house, it was necessary to quickly interrupt the signing session of the British author Chris Whitaker, whose batteries of his latest novel, All nuances of the night, were lowered in sight, just to keep a little for the next day. The booksellers in charge of Antoine Renand, author of Harper Collins Noir, have sold all the copies of his latest novel, Jonathan Becker’s daughterwhich is a hit thanks to word of mouth and social networks.