The Mystery Of Henri Pick Av David (Author) Foenkinos

<b>The delightful first title in a new collaboration with Channel 4''s Walter Presents: a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books</b><br><br>In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it.<br><br>The book is a sensation, prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author - apparently one Henri Pick, a now-deceased pizza chef from Crozon. Sceptics cry that the whole thing is a hoax: how could this man have written such a masterpiece? An obstinate journalist, Jean-Michel Rouche, heads to Brittany to investigate.<br><br>By turns farcical and moving, <i>The Mystery of Henri Pick</i> is a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books - and of the authors who write them.<br><br>Curley #108