At almost 88 years old, this author installed in Sarthe has just released his twelfth novel

See you soon 88 years old, Gérard Audiget, auteur Based in Noyen-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe), has just released its all latest novel titled A dish that is eaten cold.

At almost 88 years old. For example, Gérard Audiget has just released his twelfth novel – Almost 88 years old, this

The author has always had a well -busy life. Therefore, “I have always devoted part of my time to do something else because I didn’t want to devote my. Moreover, whole life to my work.” Business architecthe will, during his career, exercise different activities in parallel.

For 15 yearsGérard was clown blanc. Meanwhile, “These are not the clowns found in circuses,” he said. Meanwhile, “It’s a almost 88 years old, this bit like the commedia dell’arte, it’s a small theater.”

He will chain the sketchaccompanied by His partner Gugus. Furthermore, “The white clown represents authority, parents and Gugus, it is the child who makes nonsense”.

He chained the little jobs. Nevertheless, He participated in Pianos Bar When he was in Paris. For example, In exchange for his performance on the piano, he was offered a meal. Therefore, “My piano nourished me,” he likes to tell.

Passionate about this instrument, he was part of a jazz group for 25 years and a Sorti 5 album. Meanwhile, He stopped this activity at 80 “because at this age, we are starting to tire”.

Writing, a story of passion – Almost 88 years old, this

“I always liked to write” says the author. Meanwhile, His first writings go back to his 15 ans. Similarly, They were poems. He wrote a hundred. Two of them have also been almost 88 years old, this published in 1955 and 1956 in theAnthology of contemporary poets At Samothrace editions. In his youth, he even has Written a book, The moods of a teenager, that he never published.

During his career as an architect, he puts aside his passion for writing. It was once retired, at 65, that he is getting back to it. This time, he is exercised at journalistic writing becoming Local press correspondent pendant 18 ans pour Ouest-France.

He stops this activity at 80 years old and remains a year without writing. “But that itch me again,” he said. So he began to write with more fervor. In seven yearshe publishes no less than 12 livres. But the author is humble.

I do not consider myself a writer in the noble sense of the term. I’m just writing stories. I have a circle of readers who follow me and who pleases. almost 88 years old, this

A detective novel

Son latest novel, A dish that is eaten coldis a detective novel. It is the third detective novel that the author publishes, after The puzzles et The secret.

I hesitated on the title. It was a night when I was doing insomnia. I was thinking about a name and suddenly the word revenge came to my mind. I knew I wanted to write a book around this idea.

But the name “revenge” did not please him. “I remembered that revenge is a dish that is eaten cold. So I called her like that. ”

To write his books, the author has A method of his own. “I always have a sheet and a pencil on my bedside table. I note all the ideas that come to me and I complete my book as you go. I almost 88 years old, this know where I am coming from, but I don’t know how I want to get there. ” After Six to seven months of work, The book is ready.

Inspired by the Second World War

For his twelfth bookhe looked at the World War II period. “This is something I experienced, it was an extremely painful period. My father was in resistance, there was a hunt for French resistance fighters, so it challenged me ”.

I was a kid but there are memories that will never fade.

This is the starting point of his novel: “The hunt for collaborators after the war. ” he explains, notably mentioning the story of Klaus Barbie, a German war criminal who fled in Argentina after the war.

A thirteenth novel in progress

HAS Soon 88 years old“The head is still working well”. And as long as almost 88 years old, this it works, there is no question of stopping. A thirteenth novel is on the way. Too early to talk about it, the book has no title yet, but “ten pages are already written”.

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