Narrated in part by an eleven year old boy and in part by the author, who comes across as around 15 years old!. The story is somewhat silly with a stumbling emphisis on helping each other in a crisis. Based on events in Montreal in the first weeks of 1998, the story involves neighbours who hardly...
Oh dear, disappointing to the point of irritation. It looked intriguing, a French Canadian novel billed as an "International Bestseller," when I picked it up in a London bookshop. But - so childishly written that I wonder if it was not aimed at adolescents like the narrator, rather than the adult...
I’m in here!’ ‘Alexis, just give me time to take off my coat and hat and mittens.’ Simon smiled: his evacuee still needed to talk. He found Michel in the kitchen and went over to give him a gentle slap on the bum. ‘What’s this lovely meal you’re preparing?’ ‘Escalopes Volp...