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Jean-Christophe Rufin is one of the founders of Doctors Without Borders and a former Ambassador of France in Senegal. He has written numerous bestsellers, including The Abyssinian, for which he won the Goncourt Prize for a debut novel in 1997. He also won the Goncourt Prize in 2001 for Brazil Red.
Praise for <i>Checkpoint</i> and Jean-Christophe Rufin Jean-Christophe Rufin knows how to tell a story. His characters' lives dramatize big questions about what it means to be alive and to act. <i>France Info Subtle and enthralling. <i>Elle (France)</i> Jean-Christophe Rufin has written an adventure book...The success of this great novel lies in its suspense and in the meticulous psychology of its protagonists. <i>Le Nouvel Observateur Rufin's <i>The Red Collar</i> is perfectly paced, darkly humorous and an excellent window into the turmoil and emerging politics of postwar France. <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <i>The Red Collar</i> is a modern parable about loyalty to others, fidelity to one's convictions, and the self-effacement needed to bear the consequences of living by one's belief. <i>New York Journal of Books</i>
