Antoine Laurain: 7 books

Sus días de banquero pertenecen al pasado. Ahora, Laurent Letellier es el feliz propietario de una pequeña librería parisina. Cuando una mañana, camino del trabajo, se topa con un bolso de mujer abandonado sobre un cubo de basura, decide llevárselo a la tienda con la noble intención de devolverlo...

Antoine Laurain is a past ABA Indies Introduce author who has toured the USA and built a strong fan base Antoine's first novel introduces many of the themes he develops in his later work, such as the idea of a quest, the search for one's true self, nostalgia, and the significance and power of inanimate objects The novel won France's Prix Drouot

How far would you go to enjoy a cigarette? When headhunter Fabrice Valentine faces a smoking ban at work, he decides to undertake a course of hypnotherapy to rid himself of the habit. At first the treatment works, but his stress levels begin to rise when he is passed over for an important promotion...

A charming fable about the power of a hat that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through French life during the Mitterrand years. Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President François Mitterrand sits down to eat at the...

Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street and feels impelled to return it to its owner. The bag contains no money, phone or contact information. But a small red notebook with handwritten thoughts and jottings reveals a person that Laurent would very much like...

The arrival of a letter delayed by 33 years sparks off a quest that leads both on a nostalgic journey back to the 1980s and right to the heart of France today. Middle-aged doctor Alain Massoulier has received a life-changing letter – thirty-three years too late. Lost in the Paris postal system for...

'A glorious time-slip caper... Just wonderful’ Daily Mail 'Delightfully nostalgic escapism set in a gorgeously conjured Paris of 1954' Sunday Mirror When Hubert Larnaudie invites some fellow residents of his Parisian apartment building to drink an exceptional bottle of 1954 Beaujolais,...