Aus der Deckung

Boxing, dealing, playing cards and a bit of Voltaire: Jonas and his buddies pass the time in a small town with endless terraced housing estates somewhere in the province. For them, it's not dreariness, but home. Here they can talk big, here they are respected. Every now and then, one of them ends up in jail. Jonas has what it takes to be a professional boxer, but not the panache. In the hipster bar in the nearby big city or at the student party, he and his buddies cause stress, fall in love with women who are out of the question for them, don't even try to be accepted. They talk about breaking out, but whoever succeeds no longer belongs. With great narrative power and full of poetry, David Lopez paints a vivid picture of a generation that has left itself behind. This novel about growing up in a world that promises nothing has struck a nerve in France.