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Christian Dorsan, author, blogger and contributor to the 20 Minutes Books reading group, recommends "Terminus Malaussène" by Daniel Pennac, published on January 5, 2023 by Éditions Gallimard.

His favorite quote:

The old father is me.

But it was said without animosity.

A hint of filial weariness, at most.

This is the order of things: the sons make the fathers impatient until the day when the fathers tense the sons.

Why this book?

  • Because for years, the Malaussenes have made us vibrate

    by sharing their chaotic life, full of poetry and ambient mess.

    A family made up of odds and ends that we enjoy their misadventure.

    Yes, but there, it becomes serious, the lives of the members are at stake, a scale prevents the Lapietà from being delivered, everything thickens and everything tenses up in a particular universe whose codes Daniel Pennac masters.

    Twist of all kinds, fantasy, this latest volume includes almost all the characters from previous books.

  • Because we love the Pennac style full of wacky aphorisms and

    incredible situations.

    He demonstrates in this family saga that the imagination has no limits and that in matters of literature everything seems permitted.

    The ending is an explosion of revelations that will amaze readers.

  • Because

    Terminus Malaussène

    is announced as the last

    of this modern fresco, the attachment of readers demonstrates that this family has been able over time to bring together readers of all generations and from all walks of life.

    We love Malaussene as a scapegoat, as a benevolent melancholic, the rest of the tribe owes him a lot and grants him little respite in all the books, which makes him an unusual hero of Belleville.

  • Because reading this “Terminus” is the least courtesy

    towards the character.

    It is also to thank Pennac for having taken us on board with his rickety tribe, in incredible adventures, colorful, where humor and love rub shoulders with a lunar and hair-raising narrative.

    But beware: "Terminus" may not be synonymous with "End"...

The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

The Malaussene tribe is desperate: you have to find Lapietà father and son kidnapped by fake cops during a fake kidnapping (you follow?), find the balance and avoid being killed.

Another adventure that Malaussene would have done well without.

Characters.

All the characters of the tribe from the previous volumes, Pépère and his "choir", cops, a nasty author, a smelly dog, JR the street art artist

Places.

Paris, between Belleville and Père Lachaise.

The time.

Current.

The author.

Daniel Pennac prolific author, Daniel Pennac is the father of a large and tumultuous family: the Malaussenes!

This book was read happy

to have news of the Malaussenes, but relieved that they are not from our family… Nothing is simple for our immense pleasure.

We read this saga like a Christmas present after the hour!

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