Description
A prisoner known as the Monster, refuses to speak and behind prison bars, awaits his trial. A foreign lawyer, who came to assist him, seeks to uncover the reasons behind his mutism and the circumstances surrounding his crimes. What if there was nothing to understand — What if the madness of ordinary men had paved the way for the birth of the Monster — On the trail of his client, in a country just barely recovering from a fratricidal war, the lawyer is plunged against his will into the heart of a tragedy. A tale of adventure, a love story, a philosophical quest, HOW TO BECOME A MONSTER reads like a detective novel in which each person is both guilty and innocent. This vividly inspired and powerful work casts a lucid look at the human condition with its darker parts, but also its moments of redemption.
About the authors
Jean Barbe was born in Montreal in 1962. He is the author of a first novel, LES SOUPERS DE FÊTE (1991), a collection of articles, CHRONIQUES DE L'AIR DU TEMPS (1993) and a biographical essay, AUTOUR DE DÉDÉ FORTIN (2001).
