The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Grégoire Delacourt's The List of My Desires -- as it was titled in the UK; it just came out in the US under the title My Wish List.
This is the first of his works translated into English -- not that he's written too much else -- but he recently attracted international attention/got a great PR boost by getting himself sued by Scarlett Johansson, whose handlers apparently object to the way her likeness is used in his recent novel, La première chose qu'on regarde. This isn't a new story -- you read about it here almost a year ago -- but with it now coming to trial (or tribunal ...) it's back in the news; with only €50,000 in damages being sought it seems rather a lot of fuss about something that most of her fans likely would never have even heard of otherwise, but, hey, it gets press-attention .....
See, for example, Elia Alexander's report in The Independent, Scarlett Johansson suing French author for using her likeness in a new book.
This is the first of his works translated into English -- not that he's written too much else -- but he recently attracted international attention/got a great PR boost by getting himself sued by Scarlett Johansson, whose handlers apparently object to the way her likeness is used in his recent novel, La première chose qu'on regarde. This isn't a new story -- you read about it here almost a year ago -- but with it now coming to trial (or tribunal ...) it's back in the news; with only €50,000 in damages being sought it seems rather a lot of fuss about something that most of her fans likely would never have even heard of otherwise, but, hey, it gets press-attention .....
See, for example, Elia Alexander's report in The Independent, Scarlett Johansson suing French author for using her likeness in a new book.