An NYRB Classics Original
Emmanuel Bove was one of the most original writers to come out of twentieth-century France and a popular success in his day. Discovered by Colette, who arranged for the publication of his first novel, "My Friends," Bove enjoyed a busy literary career, until the German o[...]
Summoned home to Egypt after a long European debauch (disguised as study ), our hero Teymour in the opening line of A Splendid Conspiracy is feeling as unlucky as a flea on a bald man s head. Poor Teymour sits forlorn in a provincial cafe, a far cry from his beloved Paris. Two old friends, however, [...]