"A captivating memoir that reads like a literary erotic-suspense novel." - "The Boston Globe "Carrere brings the whole to sharp focus with a few jarring truths and a moment of great beauty. You leave its last pages with a deep appreciation for life." - "The Washington Post "An elegant, emotional self-examination, full of bleak but truthful insights about the lies and compromises of love." - "The Times "(London) "Recalls Hitchcock and Calvino." - "Details "Brims with ideas and incidents...Gripping and fascinating, an intimate portrait of a complicated man's inner life and his struggles to find some kind of happiness and fulfillment." - "The Guardian "(London)

Emmanuel Carrre, novelist, filmmaker, journalist, and biographer, is the award-winning internationally renowned author of Class Trip, The Mustache, and The Adversary, a New York Times Notable Book. Carrre lives in Paris.