Used book – C EST SUR LA VIE SERA BELLE, CLAUDE COUDERC

Cell 28. Division C of the juvenile detention center in Fleury-Mérogis. Amidst metallic clangs and the incessant din of televisions, Basile, a fifteen-year-old black boy, tries to understand how he could have killed a man. That evening, after a week at boarding school, he was happy to finally see Lili, to kiss her, to hold her close. And suddenly, on the subway, a gang of skinheads appeared: "Blackie, we don't want to see you with white girls anymore." Why did Basile then strike with the knife? To protect Lili, or because at that moment, he too was filled with hate? Today, this question obsesses him, and he can no longer believe Lili when she promises him that one day, "for sure, life will be beautiful."