Paul Montès is a clumsy genius, while Olivier Labrousse is a lout. Paul sees Olivier as his best friend. Olivier has no friends. No friends, but a goal in life: fame. To achieve it, he stripped Paul Montès of his brilliance… and now he avoids him like the plague. After years of brooding about the past while cloistered on the third floor of an abandoned villa called Villa Mama, Paul decides to seek Olivier out. He hits the road with the firm intention of making peace with his friend, armed only with his own naivety, a generous supply of nougat, and a few kilos of dynamite.

A sparkling, droll and juvenile novel that is also a liberating satire of the pretentious literary world.