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Christian Dorsan, author, blogger and contributor to the 20 Minutes Books reading group, recommends “Les Passants Noirs tome 1” by Guillaume Le Cornec, published on January 6, 2023 by Éditions du Seuil.


His favorite quote:

The canvas in front of which I left in chips, I like it, OK, but from there to what it sends me to paradise for epileptics just by looking at it, I don't believe it...

Why this book?

  • Because the starting plot, paintings that "talk",

    is incredible.

    Guillaume Le Cornec reveals to us that we can hide periods of our childhood which were traumatic and which come to the surface on the occasion of a shock, for our two heroes, this shock is the contemplation of two canvases.

    It is with this intelligent spring that begins this meeting of two teenagers, from different backgrounds and who will investigate what has been forgotten.

  • Because Guillaume Le Cornec does not cheat with his characters.

    The reader discovers two young people firmly rooted in our time, far from clichés, well portrayed with all the nuances of this stage of life.

    Everyone has their own style, everyone has a heavy past that resonates in their attitude to the present.

  • Because this novel revolves around an investigation that keeps you in suspense.

    Enzo searches for his father and tries to unravel his mystery.

    Manon, in revolt against her family, finds herself at the heart of a plot.

    A plot that holds up from start to finish to the delight of the reader.

    While dealing with current problems (ecology, excess of capitalism, mafia, etc.), Guillaume Le Cornec offers us an astonishing and captivating first volume that calls for a sequel!

The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

Two teenagers meet in a museum following a mystical experience in front of paintings: they will join forces to discover what secrets are linked to their childhood.

Characters.

Enzo, 16 years old and his mother Vic curator of the museum of Lyon, Manon teenager in revolt from a bourgeois and industrial family,

The Wave

by Courbet and

Les Passants

by Daumier, the shadow of Enzo's father, a mysterious biker, family secrets.

Places.

Lyon and Switzerland.

The time.

Current.

The author.

Journalist, writer, collection director, literary mediator, Guillaume Le Cornec has become in a few years, a key player in the literary world.

Via La Mutinerie, he offers cultural and scientific events around his thrillers.

This book was read with relish.

Talking paintings, two young people investigating their childhood, a city and its secrets, all the ingredients are there to delight young and old in a dense, addictive and intelligent first volume.

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