Antoine Laurain
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street. There's nothing in the bag to indicate who it belongs to, although there's all sorts of other things in it. Laurent feels a strong impulse to find the owner and tries to puzzle together who she might be from the contents of the bag. Especially a red notebook with her jottings, which really makes him want to meet her. Without even a name to go on, and only...
Author
Publisher
Gallic
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. After the presidential party has gone, Daniel discovers that Mitterrand's black felt hat has been left behind. Daniel decides to keep the hat as a souvenir, and as he leaves the restaurant, he begins to feel somehow different.
3) Vintage 1954
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After sharing a bottle of wine, three Parisians and their American guest awaken in 1954 and must find a way to return to 2017.
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a Parisian publishing house, everyone in the readers' room is convinced it's something special. And the committee for France's highest literary honour, the Prix Goncourt, agrees. But when the shortlist is announced, there's a problem for editor Violaine Lepage: she has no idea of the author's identity. As the police begin to investigate a series of murders strangely reminiscent of those recounted...
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Middle-aged doctor Alain Massoulier receives a letter from Polydor that was lost in the Paris postal system for thirty-three years. The letter offers a recording contract to Alain's group The Holograms, whose members eventually went their own way when it appeared the music industry was indifferent to their sound. Overcome by nostalgia, Alain is tempted to track down the members of the group but wonders what would be the point?
6) The portrait
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Avid antiques collector Pierre-François Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an eighteenth-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him. Researching into the painting's history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life . . .
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When headhunter Fabrice Valantine faces a smoking ban at work, he decides to undergo hypnotherapy to help kick the habit. At first the treatment is a success but, as the stresses of daily life begin to overwhelm him, he can't help lighting up again. To his great distress, he finds that smoking no longer offers him the ecstatic release it once did. Until, that is, he stumbles across a criminal way to recapture that intense nicotine joy...
Author
Series
Publisher
Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Una mañana, camino de su pequeña librería parisina, Laurent Letellier se topa con un bolso de mujer abandonado y decide llevárselo con la intención de devolverlo a su dueña. Desaparecidos el billetero y el móvil, su propósito parece casi imposible si no fuera porque, entre diversos objetos, Laurent encuentra una libreta roja llena de anotaciones, pensamientos y recuerdos. Cediendo a la curiosidad, se sumerge en la jugosa lectura, amparado...