Philippe Jaenada visits the Cameau Sauvage in Toulouse
Still very noticed this return with his imposing novel “In the spring of the monsters”, Philippe Jaenada will be at the bookstore Le Chameau Sauvage on Saturday 13 November;
The cultural bookshop-café Le Chameau Sauvage, in Toulouse, is now welcoming author Philippe Jaenada, who will present his latest novel, “In the spring of the monsters” (Mialet-Barrault editions, 752 pages, € 23). It is, explain Aude and Élias Fares, who run with enthusiasm and passion the “small but valiant” bookstore located in the district of Minimes, a “fascinating story-investigation on a legal case that has shaken France for years. 60, carried by an irresistible style ”. Philippe Jaenada in fact returns to the murder of a child, in May 1964, and to “the strangler”, a crow who then floods the media and institutions with his odious letters. A few months later, a suspect, a young nurse, will be arrested, tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. He will remain there 41 years, claiming his innocence.
Like a symbol, Philippe Jaenada is the author of the novel “Le Chameau sauvage” – crowned with the Prix de Flore in 1997 – which Aude and Elias gave to their bookstore, which will celebrate its second anniversary for the occasion and the Prix de the creation of a national bookstore in 2020 and the presentation, on October 6, of the Toulouse City Hall Trade Trophies. Philippe Jaenada, who also published the memorable “La Serpe”, Prix Fémina 2017, reserved for the Wild Camel, of which he is obviously the godfather, his only meeting with the public for the promotion of this new opus, which appeared on the list. of the Prix Goncourt.