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A certain Mr. Pekelny

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A certain Mr. Pekelny
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Roman Katzev, aka Romain Gary, aka Emile Azhar, aka Fosco Sinibaldi and Shatan Boga - one of the greatest writers of the XX century. A hero of the resistance, a successful diplomat and an indefatigable hoaxer who managed, using a pseudonym, to win the Prix Goncourt, the main literary prize of France, twice, although by definition it can be awarded to an author only once in a lifetime. In his novelized autobiography, A Promise at Dawn, Gary mentions a certain Mr. Pekelny, who lived in Vilna, Lithuania, in the house next door to the family of the still young Romain. François-Henri Deserable aims to find out whether such a person really existed, why his request to Roman Kacev was so strange, and what made it so important for the legendary writer to fulfill it. In his search for Mr. Pekelny, François-Henri traces the entire life path of Romain Gary, from his childhood in Vilna to his mysterious suicide in Paris.
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