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A portrait of lost youth in a society devoid of dreams. Sangumotice is a worthless good-for-nothing, at least that's what everybody seems to think. He hates school, stays out all night and steals money from his parents. At age fifteen he ends up in prison and it looks like his path has been chosen. Constantly subjected to the worst kinds of humiliation, night after fearful night, Sangumotice slowly learns the lessons of prison: tears are useless and violence can be tamed. Society having deprived them of hope and dreams, Piat's young heroes refuse to grow up, preferring the frantic search for thrills and pleasures, whatever the risks. A poignant, poetic novel on the dangers of leaving childhood too soon. "... a first novel that shines with talent and excellent dialogue." Figaro Littéraire "... beyond the originality of his story, what stands out most in this rather atypical first novel, is the writing style: crude, spasmodic and grippingly suspensful." Livres Hebdo

Patrick Piet (Auteur) - Verschenen op 25/08/2004 bij Lattes