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2020-05-17T16:29:14.954Z


3 reasons to reread Pending Bojangles by Olivier Bourdeaut.An original family "Original" is a lazy understatement. It should rather say "cracked", "cracked", "crazy" ... And how the hell describe the life of this whimsical trio? Of this couple conceived on the model of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, and whose son furiously recalls a certain Little Nicolas? Let's try. The father writes novels that have "neither tail nor head" , the mother reads for hours on ...


An original family

"Original" is a lazy understatement. It should rather say "cracked", "cracked", "crazy" ... And how the hell describe the life of this whimsical trio? Of this couple conceived on the model of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, and whose son furiously recalls a certain Little Nicolas? Let's try. The father writes novels that have "neither tail nor head" , the mother reads for hours on the sofa while stroking the coat of Mademoiselle Superfétatoire, a Numidian crane; at night, they dance until daybreak, in the company of their friends and sparkling cocktails. The real, they don't want it. The mail and tax reminders accumulate at the entrance, the complaints of the mistress too, and the child ends up no longer going to school."You are certainly the youngest pensioner in the world!" said my father . " When they feel like it, they escape to “paradise” , in a castle in Spain. Their life is a celebration. Daily life only serves to be embellished.

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