Michel is a civil-servant at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered, Michel takes leave of absence to go on a package tour to Thailand. Infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy and mediocrity of his fellow travellers, only the awkward Valerie att
Il giovane Aurélien Rochefer, vive in un paesino del sud della Francia alla fine dell'Ottocento, vuole realizzare il suo sogno, fare l'apicoltore. Gli alveari che costruisce vengono incendiati da un fulmine, mentre una misteriosa femmina nera che gli appare in sogno lo invita a raggiungerlo. Aurélien si imbarca per l'Africa, dove passerà di avventura in avventura, tra re ricchi e avidi, mercanti spietati e una Regina delle Api che gli farà un magico dono. Solo al ritorno a casa, egli troverà la forza di dedicarsi a una ciclopica impresa e saprà scoprire dentro di sé un puro amore per l'unica donna che lo ha sempre aspettato.
James Ellroy is a unique and powerful writer with a tough and explosive voice. This defining event spawned an early addiction to paperback crime novels, and Ellroy's own writing is saturated in an often violent underworld of bent cops, politicians, stars, sleeze and rumour.
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