Future does not Lie Ahead

Guillaume Guéraud

Malik, 16, is a young thug from Saint-Denis. His life changes when one of his victims confronts him.

Malik has always been a thief. He has never been caught... until that night. The night when everything changed. While he is “visiting” a large Parisian apartment, Malik finds himself face to face with a violent man. Threatened by a gun, then tied up and tortured, he first submits himself, until his survival instinct takes over. He is barely sixteen years old, when he is sent to a juvenile prison in Marseille. A long period of introspection
begins as his sense of injustice and revolt grows. This is the story he tells us before committing the unthinkable...

- A novel of a rare strength, terribly topical and realistic, which reminds the movie Le Prophète by Jacques Audiard (2009).
- The main character is far from any caricature and incredibly moving.

Guillaume Guéraud has written several books for children, among which Je ne mourrai pas gibier, which was awarded the Prix Sorcières in 2007, and Affreux, sales et gentils, which was awarded the Prix Fnac des jeunes lecteurs in 2006.