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What I Know About You with novelist Éric Chacour
Already an international bestseller, with rights sold in over 12 territories, What I Know About You is a heartbreaking tale of family secrets and impossible love, set between 1960s Cairo and the turn of the millennium in Montreal. Published by Gallic Books and translated into English from Quebec French by Pablo Strauss, this sensual, political and suspenseful debut is perfect for fans of Garth Greenwell, Tomasz Jedrowski and André Aciman.
We very much hope you will join us for this relaxed and friendly in conversation event on Thursday 19th September at Gay's the Word bookshop, near Russell Square tube. Tickets are £4 with complimentary refreshments served on the night. Doors 7pm.
WINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA DES LYCEENS, PRIX DES CINQ CONTINENTS AND PRIX PREMIERE PLUME 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA, PRIX RENAUDOT AND PRIX DU ROMAN FNAC 2023
1960s Cairo. Tarek’s whole life is planned out for him. A doctor like his father, he has taken over the family practice, married his childhood sweetheart and is well respected in society.
Then Ali, the son of one of his patients, enters his life and turns it upside down. The two men’s unsayable relationship sparks a series of events just as dramatic as the Six-Day War playing out in the background.
The turn of the millennium finds Tarek living as a doctor in Montreal. Someone is writing about him and to him, piecing together a past he wants only to forget. But who is the writer of this tale? And will Tarek figure it out in time?
What I Know About You is the heartbreaking story of a family torn apart by an epic love.
Praise
‘A debut that reads like a classic’ Le Figaro
‘Impressive . . . A masterful, thrilling debut’ L’Express
‘A delicate, sensual, political debut’ Libération
‘Magnificent’ Le Parisien
‘One of the best novels of recent years’ Fugues