François has a successful life until he is diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour. Unable to face the reality of his life and the reaction of his too few beloved ones, he drives his car aimlessly.
On the road, he takes on Paul, a 20-year-old hitchhiker. Neither of them have a precise destination, they only want to flee but none of them know what his other fellow traveller wants to escape from.
When Pauls troubled past resurfaces, the two men, as friends or as father and son, head on to the only outcome possible: death or redemption.
- A masculine Thelma & Louise.
- An homage to classical gangster novels.
Karine Giébel was born in 1971. Her first novel, Terminus Elicius (La Vie du rail, 2004) won the Marseille Detective Novel Award in 2005. It was followed by Meurtres pour Rédemption (republished by Fleuve Éditions in 2010).
"A bewitching dark novel." Direct Matin
"Karine Giébel, a master in chilling French thriller, hits the mark once again." Version Femina