It’s that time of year again, Quai du Polar is back and for the “Prix des Lecteurs”, on the 12th of January, the following 6 books are in the running for 2023.
- Nous étions le sel de la mer de Roxanne Bouchard – Éditions de L’Aube
- Le Blues des phalènes de Valentine Imhof – Éditions du Rouergue
- L’affaire de l’île Barbe – Surin d’Apache 1 de Stanislas Petrosky – AFITT Éditions
- Pas de littérature ! de Sébastien Rutés – Éditions Gallimard
- Héroïne de Tristan Saule – Le Quartanier Éditeur
- Le Tableau du peintre juif de Benoît Séverac – Éditions La Manufacture de livres
The short list contains 6 books, but my time is too precious to waste, so I won’t be reading the Rutés, 2 years ago I did try to read the last of his to be selected for this short list, but it was unreadable (I very rarely give up). I’m not sure how the short list is drawn up but Gallimard can do better!
If you decide to read these books before the event to outguess the jury, let me know!
South of Paris books 