In his new unclassifiable novel, Bernard Quiriny paints a portrait full of fantasies of Baron Archibald of Handrax, a bearded giant living in his manor in the Allier, lover of cemetery and ruined buildings, nicely eccentric and endearing companion.
Have you ever exclaimed, and said to yourself: “Well, tell me, this one is quite a character”? This is what we say to each other in each chapter of this book which is presented to us as a book tribute to a friend who died too soon.
Whoever holds the pen is used to strange, singular stories, and related characters. Bernard quiriny has put his style and his imagination at the service of a colorful character whose sweet madness delights the reader on every page.
An eccentric squire lover of aphorisms whose same publisher, Rivages, also publishes the Secret Notebooks. But let’s start with this often funny, sometimes moving and in any case carefully crafted portrait of a character so endearing that we would have liked to have him as a father, grandfather or quite simply a friend.
“Portrait of Baron d’Handrax” by Bernard Quiriny is published by Editions Rivages.
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