by Daniel Pennac
Read Daniel Pennac! read his Malaussène novels! Read all of them! In serious, I can not imagine that anybody would not like it. This is a relatively short novel which is par of a serious of books: the so-called Malaussène novels. In the centre of the story is always the Malaussène family. It is a numerous family, they live in Belleville – a neighbourhood in Paris and they are all special in their own way. The story-teller “Benjamin Malaussène” is the born scapegoat, responsible for everything what can go wrong. Some murder happens, sooner or later he will be the main suspect. His mother falls constantly in love with some naughty stranger and comes only home to give birth to another “special” child. And so forth. This book starts that an old lady kills a young man who just wanted to help her over the street. The two witnesses are young Algerians who have their own reasons to keep silence. I have also reason to keep some mysteries, discover them in the book. Or may start with this one: “Monsieur Malaussène”
Facts:
English title: n/a
Original title: La fée carabine
Published: 1987