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Book-in-Bar is starting the year with two events designed to intrigue and entertain local book-lovers:

17:30 January 31st: D.H. Lawrence versus Thomas Hardy… special edition!

‘In the boxing ring, two of the most famous and controversial authors fight it out (with words) over several rounds to determine who is the people’s champion. So get a ringside seat and come and see us showcasing, over 60 minutes or so, the works and lives of these two literary giants. We have a referee to keep order and our three judges whose decision if final!’

17:30 February 28th: The Extaordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in a Ikea Wardrobe, Romain Puertolas.

Just finished this  novel which is fast-moving, funny and perceptive.  ‘Armed only with a fake 100-éuro note, Ajatashatru, the fakir arrives in Paris.  His mission? to acquire a new bed of nails. His destination? IKEA.  Once there, he finds an obliging wardrobe in which to lay his head, only to discover on waking that he is locked in, covered in bubble-wrap and headed for England in the back of a truck’.

I was fascinated to read that the young author, from Montpellier, was a police inspector with the French border services and wrote his draft on his mobile phone, while working……… in a month.

Book in Bar is in rue Joseph Cabassol, Aix, just off the cours Mirabeau and opposite the Hotel Caumont Centre d’Art.  Works by these authors are on sale here – support your local bookstore!