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The son of a scoundrel

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The misadventures of an 18-year-old guy with no education or convictions, a liar, a forger and a manipulator, who went through the war playing. In four years he wore five uniforms. Deserted four times from four different armies. Today he wore a swastika armband and tomorrow he was a patriot.
In December 1944, wanted by both sides, he continued to deceive. Not only former enemies, but also his own son, who became a journalist. For a long time, the father lulled his son with stories of his exploits as part of the Resistance, until one day the grandfather dropped his grandson: "Your father wore a German uniform. You are the son of a scoundrel!" In May 1987, when the trial of Nazi criminal Klaus Barbie began in Lyon, the son learned that his father's court file was stored in an archive in northern France and gained access to police records and court documents. Not one, but two trials begin at once. Barbie will have to answer for his crimes, the father for his lies. The writer questions the history of the Vichy regime, as well as the nature of that incomprehensible evil, which during the war forced to dispassionately send people to death camps. What makes the narrative particularly poignant is that this is an autobiographical novel that touches on collective memory as well. Sorges Chalandon (b.1952) is a contemporary French writer and journalist, author of 10 novels. "Son of a Scoundrel" has been shortlisted for the 2021 Prix Goncourt Prize.

Sorges Chalandon (b.1952) is the author of 10 novels.

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