Le Monde's verdict on François-Henri Désérable's wine novel: short finish
Reviewing "Le Palais," set in the world of wine, Le Monde finds the book leans on Patrick Süskind's "Perfume" and Alexandre Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo" without matching either.
François-Henri Désérable's new novel, "Le Palais," takes place in the world of wine, according to Le Monde des Livres. The paper's review says the book draws on two very different predecessors: Patrick Süskind's "Le Parfum" and Alexandre Dumas's "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo."
Le Monde sums up the result with a wine metaphor of its own, calling the novel "un bien petit cru" — a rather small vintage — and saying the blend is short in the mouth, a taster's way of saying the impression it leaves does not last.
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