Title: Mamie Luger - Benoît Philippon - book
Summary :
Six o'clock in the morning: Berthe, 102 years old, shoots at the squad of cops who have stormed her Auvergne cottage.
Eight o'clock: Inspector Ventura begins the most astonishing police custody of his career. The grandmother with the Luger spills the beans, and her life story is a firework display. There's talk of murderers on the run, a black widow, and a Nazi buried in his basement. So... Confession, confession, or settling of scores? Ventura doesn't know what game the toothless old woman is playing, but he senses he's going to have to dig. And not just a little.
Poetic, realistic, cynical, moving and captivating. A text of high droll and emotional intensity. Read.
A hilarious crime novel about war, hatred, love and therefore trouble . Le Nouveau Magazine littéraire.
More than a literary character, Mamie Luger is a symbol. Cold blood.
Absolutely formidable efficiency. “Black Circle,” France Culture.
