PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
This is Adelaide de Clermont-Tonnerre's second novel. Her first, Fourrure, won five literary prizes in France. Le Dernier des Notres was the winner of both the Academie Francaise Grand Prix du Roman and the 2016 inaugural Filigranes prize, awarded to the book with the widest general appeal. It was on the longlist for the 2016 Renaudot prize, on the shortlist of four for the 2016 Landerneau prize, longlisted for the Prix de Flore.
Absolutely magnificent -- Tatiana de Rosnay A word of advice: don't start reading this page-turner at bedtime, or you'll be staying up all night * Psychologies France * A romantic, well-executed bombshell of a book, built like a 1965 Maserati Sebring. * Le Point * We've long awaited this elegant, delicate and feverish voice, always ready to tell us of the great romantic destinies of complex, disturbing and passionate characters. * Elle France * Adelaide de Clermont-Tonnerre weaves an enigmatic, funny, sensuous web, crossed by characters which we will struggle to forget. * Le Figaro *
