Una Boda Francesa / The Savages. 1. a French Wedding [Spanish]

By Sabri Louatah

Entre Homeland y House of Cards, esta trilog a suma un adictivo thriller pol tico y social con una saga familiar que pone contra las cuerdas a la Francia actual. En el primer volumen, el primer candidato rabe al Eliseo est a punto de desbancar a Nicolas Sarkozy pero no todo el mundo est dispuesto a permitirlo.

Un s bado de Mayo. Par s.

Idder Chaouch, el primer candidato rabe a la presidencia de Francia, es el favorito para vencer a Nicolas Sarkozy en las que se consideran las elecciones del a o. Ha sido una campa a larga y, acompa ado de su mujer Esther y su hija Jasmine, pasa las ltimas horas de la v spera electoral con sus asesores en un hotel de Nimes. Durante la cena, gran parte de la conversaci n gira en torno al novio de Jasmine: Fouad Nerrouche, un conocido actor de or genes argelinos que ha apoyado p blicamente la candidatura de Chaouch. Es dif cil ignorar la influencia de tal celebridad en esta carrera compleja e impredecible que podr a marcar un antes y un despu s en la historia de Francia.

Mismo d a. Saint-Etienne.

La familia Nerrouche se prepara fren ticamente para una gran boda y Fouad se encuentra ah para ayudar. Pero su primo Krim -que acaba de perder su trabajo- cada vez parece m s inquieto y nadie sabe por qu . A medida que avanza el d a, queda claro que sus problemas van m s all del desempleo: su primo Nazir, hermano de Fouad y oscura figura del submundo del crimen local, le ha encargado una misi n que puede dinamitar el destino de una familia y las esperanzas de todo un pa s.

Sabri Louatah firma en esta trepidante trilog a un thriller pol tico y social de una actualidad estremecedora que dejar al lector en vilo, una saga familiar que pone contra las cuerdas a la Francia actual mientras bucea en los bajos fondos de un sistema dispuesto a todo para no desaparecer.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

It's the eve of the French presidential elections - 'The Election of the Century' say the newspaper headlines - and Chaouch, the nation's first Arab candidate, has victory in his sights. It has been a long campaign, and with his wife Esther and daughter Jasmine by his side, he spends the remaining hours with close advisors in a hotel in Nimes. Much of the dinner table chatter revolves around Jasmine's boyfriend; Fouad Nerrouche, a well-known actor with the same Algerian origins as her father, who has just publicly endorsed Chaouch's candidacy. However shallow it may seem, it's difficult to ignore the influence of celebrity support in this complex and unpredictable race . . .

The same day. Saint-Etienne.

The Nerrouche family is frantically preparing for a grand wedding, and Fouad himself is there to help out. But younger cousin Krim - who has recently lost his job - is becoming increasingly agitated, and no one knows why. As the day goes on, it becomes clear that the cousin's problems go far deeper than unemployment. Krim has been stealing from a local gang leader and after being discovered, found himself indebted to his powerful cousin, Nazir - Fouad's brother. Nazir is a very shady figure, and is heavily involved in a dark underworld of crime. Together, their plans will cause Fouad's two very different worlds to meet in a way no one would have dared to imagine. Within a few hours, the threads start to unravel, and the collision between the destiny of a family and the hopes of a country becomes inevitable.

With the pacing of a thriller, Louatah melds the tense atmosphere of a family saga with the gripping suspense of a political drama into one breathtaking read.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 843973218X
• ISBN13: 9788439732181
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Literatura Random House
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"