In Crozon (Brittany), a librarian decides that he wants to hold on to all rejected manuscripts for safe-keeping. One day, while on vacation in Brittany, a young editor and her writer husband visit the library of rejected manuscripts and find a masterpiece: The Last Hours of a Love Story, a novel written by a Henri Pick who passed away two years prior. Pick ran a pizzeria with his widow Madeleine, and according to her, he never read a single book and much less write anything that was not the grocery list. Did he live a ...
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In Crozon (Brittany), a librarian decides that he wants to hold on to all rejected manuscripts for safe-keeping. One day, while on vacation in Brittany, a young editor and her writer husband visit the library of rejected manuscripts and find a masterpiece: The Last Hours of a Love Story, a novel written by a Henri Pick who passed away two years prior. Pick ran a pizzeria with his widow Madeleine, and according to her, he never read a single book and much less write anything that was not the grocery list. Did he live a secret life? Surrounded by mystery, the book becomes a bestseller, it brings about surprising results in the publishing world, and changes the fate of many people, especially that of Jean-Michel Rouche, a stubborn journalist who doubts the official version of the facts regarding the manuscript. What if this publication is just a nicely prepared marketing plan?
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