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Commis D’Office

By Hannelore Cayre

Commis D’Office
  • Publisher: Points Policiers
  • Available in: Audiobook, Ebook, Paperback
  • ISBN: 9782757870983
  • First Published: 2004
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Notes

Commis D’Office by Hannelore Cayre could be translated as Office Clerk or Legal Aid.

When a small-time lawyer finds prosperity because of his uncanny resemblance to a big-time crook, he ends up behind bars.

My name is Christophe Leibowitz, I am a criminal lawyer. I defend suburban hooligans and small-time crooks; drug dealers who have no commercial sense.

The book is a politically incorrect, dark and disillusioned portrait of the French judicial system, all written in a light-hearted and cheerful style. Hannelore Cayre’s first novel won the 2005 French “Prix Polar Derrière Les Murs”, and she later adapted it for the cinema.

Not available in English.

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Publisher’s Synopsis

« Un premier film qui déboulonne une série de clichés liés à la profession, grinçant et divertissant. » – Télé 7 jours

Sorti de prison et plus que jamais dans la ligne de mire de son Ordre, l’avocat Christophe Leibowitz renoue difficilement avec son métier.
C’est à l’occasion d’une étonnante affaire de tableaux volés qu’il s’aperçoit qu’un front invisible se mobilise pour l’éradiquer. Flanqué de ses sulfureux amis, Leibowitz part sans le savoir à la recherche de sa propre histoire et va découvrir une France hantée par ses vieux démons. Une intrigue bien construite, une vision hilarante et sans pitié de la justice, des situations aussi rocambolesques qu’absurdes et surtout un style au rythme et à la puissance inimitables.

« H. Cayre aborde ici le thème passionnant du destin des œuvres d’art spoliées aux juifs pendant la guerre en ne perdant rien de sa férocité, servie par une écriture rageuse. Toujours aussi percutante et drôle, elle mène son intrigue à un train d’enfer, avec une énergie réjouissante. » – Christine Gomariz, Paris Match

« Les tribulations de maître Christophe Leibowitz et de ses sulfureux amis dans une sombre affaire de trafic de tableaux sont féroces et mal pensantes. […] En plus d’être drôle c’est peut-être même réaliste, puisque l’auteur, dont c’est le deuxième roman après Commis d’office, est avocat pénaliste. » – Gérard Meudal, Le Monde des livres

Read a review of Commis D’Office by Hannelore Cayre at Collectif Polar.


Tagged with: ★ Not Rated, 2000s, European, Foreign Language, French, Humorous, Legal Drama

 

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