A French novel - Frdric Beigbeder

Arrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Frdric Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in police custody.

Confined to a cell, Frdric Beigbeder's seeks escape in his childhood memories, only to discover he can recall just one.

From this, he reconstructs both his past and that of his family; the glamour of Sixties Paris and his father's playboy life in New York, so distinct from the experiences of his soldier grandfather, whose lifespan Frdric has now exceeded.

His arrest all over the tabloids, Frdric wonders if the time has come to grow up. 'A French Novel' is a belated coming-of-age tale, profoundly tender and charmingly ironic.