Maudit manege
"Maudit manege" is the sequel of "37,2 Degrees in the Morning". Five years after the death of his beloved the protagonist is on his way of achiving the success that she dreamed of. The novel is a story about the friendship between the writer and an aging poet, about his relationship with the ex-wife and the daughter of another poeat recreated in the typical unique style of Philippe Djian with great passion and eroticism.
Philippe Djian

Philippe Djian (born 1949 in Paris) is a popular French author of Armenian descent. Djian graduated from the ESJ Paris. After a period of wandering and odd jobs, he published a volume of short stories, "50 contre 1" (1981), and then the novels "Bleu comme l'enfer" (1982) and "Zone érogène" (1984) before gaining fame with his subsequent novels "37°2 le matin" (1985) which was filmed by Jean-Jacques Beineix (1986; English title "Betty Blue"), "Maudit Manège" (1986), "Echine" (1988), "Crocodiles" (short stories) (1989), "Lent dehors" (1991), "Sotos" (1993), and "Assassins" (1994).