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« "Joanna," said Sean Prior, "your brain is a Gothic cathedral." Joanna Wasserman supports Sean Prior's gaze and hides his dismay. Oh, really? Cathedral? Gothic? Flamboyant gothic, at least, muses the lawyer. Why not the Taj Mahal, the pyramids, or Caesars Palace in Las Vegas? A moment disconcerted, she still finds an answer. - It's better than a man's brain. "I'm sorry?" - Simone de Beauvoir. Her father kept telling her that she had 'a man's brain'. `Sean Prior` giggles with an overheard air, as if he were Simone's best friend, his father and his dog. Joanna laughs inwardly. At best, Prior has a vague idea of who this damn Simone is, but the `American` boss of a thirty billion dollar pharmaceutical giant is not allowed to present any flaws. A Gothic cathedral... What a pity. »
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The anomaly
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« Trapped for four hours on this cruise between the Alma Bridge and the Alma Bridge. I have received a kind of parabolic summary of my teenage life, that acute feeling that I would have to throw myself into the water once again, to leave the ship. P23 »
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Hervé Le Tellier
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Hervé Le Tellier
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« Even if you despair of everything, you might as well do it on the terrace in Paris. »
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The anomaly |
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The anomaly
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