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La petite marchande de prose (edition 1997)

by Daniel Pennac

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Benjamin Malaussène is a downtrodden publisher at Vendetta Press. Treated as a scapegoat by Queen Zabo, doyenne of publishing, he finally resigns, only for Zabo to offer him a starring role. All he has to do is to impersonate the world's best-loved, but hitherto anonymous author, J.L.B.
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Title:La petite marchande de prose
Authors:Daniel Pennac
Info:Folio (1997), Poche, 420 pages
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On prend les mêmes, on recommence, avec cette fois-ci, moins du personnage central habituel, plus des personnages "satellites". C'est pas désagréable, c'est bien mené. Je ferai un peu le même reproche qu'au deuxième de la série, [b: la fée carabine|12332826|La fée carabine - Daniel Pennac (Dossier lycée) Dossier lycée (le Petit Littéraire .fr) (French Edition)|Thylla Nève|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|17311885], c'est que c'est pas aussi bien, aussi perché que le premier. Bon, c'est vache de faire deux fois la même critique, mais c'est comme ça.
Et puis il faut bien dire que l'histoire est bien plus complexe, comme une intrigue qui se déploie sur pleins de petites histoires différentes... Et qui de ce fait se dilue un peu (trop?). Je l'ai quand même relu avec grand plaisir, ne boudons pas cela. ( )
  elisala | Feb 16, 2018 |
The third part of the Malaussène saga. Benjamin gets a new assignment - instead of continuing as a professional scapegoat, his boss asks him to take the role of stand-in to a publicity-shy bestselling author. At the same time, his favourite sister, Clara, is about to get married to a prison governor. Somehow, (through no fault of Benjamin's, of course), this leads us into the biggest bloodbath of the series so far, and for a while the comedy gets very black indeed.

Still fun, and with some nice digs at the publishing industry, but it's a slower read than the first two books, with characters spending a bit too much time reflecting on how horrible the world is, how they can't live up to their parents, etc. ( )
  thorold | Aug 28, 2017 |
This is a stimulating and witty story with well developed offbeat characters and a good plot. The translation includes puns. ( )
  BridgitDavis | May 17, 2016 |
This is another entertaining Malaussene murder mystery. I did, however, find it slower to get started than "The Scapegoat" and "The Fairy Gunmother".

Perhaps reading three Malaussene novels in a row was a mistake. I will not read the remaining two for some time. ( )
  pgmcc | Feb 22, 2013 |
Clara qui se marie en blanc avec un directeur de prison de 40 ans son aîné, Benjamin qui démissionne pour la cinquantième fois, la Reine Zabo qui le rattrape pour la cinquante-et-unième et Julius, le chien, qui promène sa sagesse toute langue dehors : la routine, en quelque sorte, pour la tribu Malaussène ! Mais voilà que le mariage déraille. Et Benjamin se retrouve embarqué dans une nouvelle histoire à dormir debout, l'une de ces histoires qu'il aime lire à toute sa tribu réunie en cercle autour de lui, le soir avant de dormir. Sauf que cette fois, tout est vrai... Après Au bonheur des ogres et La Fée carabine, Daniel Pennac nous offre quelques heures de bonheur supplémentaires en donnant une suite aux aventures de la tribu de Belleville : elle nous envahit comme une drogue et on a de la chance si l'on parvient à s'en tenir à une seule lecture ! On murmure même que certains lecteurs lisent en boucle la saga en attendant la suite : heureusement qu'elle ne tarde jamais trop longtemps... Merci Monsieur Malaussène ! --Karla Manuele
  PierreYvesMERCIER | Feb 19, 2012 |
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Pennac, Danielprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mélaouah, YasminaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Monk, IanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Passet, EvelineTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Pour Didier Lamaison.

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Benjamin Malaussène is a downtrodden publisher at Vendetta Press. Treated as a scapegoat by Queen Zabo, doyenne of publishing, he finally resigns, only for Zabo to offer him a starring role. All he has to do is to impersonate the world's best-loved, but hitherto anonymous author, J.L.B.

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