I met François Lelord in London recently to discuss his international bestseller - just released in English - Hector and the Search for Happiness (Gallic Books).
François is a psychiatrist by training, so it’s no coincidence that the hero in his first venture into fiction is a Candide-like young practitioner of that profession who becomes […]
Entries from April 2010
In search of happiness
April 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: literature · video
44. Dancing on the heads of snakes
April 11th, 2010 · No Comments
“Dancing on the heads of snakes” is how President Ali Abdullah Salih of Yemen describes the near impossibility of governing his country. He should know; he’s managed to cling on to power by keeping up the dance for the past three decades.
The challenge is certainly considerable: Yemen has been a united country for only 20 […]
Tags: history and politics
Michelangelo: A Tormented Life
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: art and music · biography and memoir · video
The return of The Return of Captain John Emmett
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: historical fiction · literature · video


