Used Book – Le roman des Jardin, Alexandre Jardin

Must I confess that, suddenly, I had had enough of hiding in plain sight by writing good-boy novels? That my little epics on marital ecstasy seemed to me, approaching forty, rather dull in comparison to my family's follies? Damn it, I thought: how long will you be afraid of being a Jardin? I must admit that the Jardin blood is a high-risk concoction. One sip, and off with the masks! Full speed ahead towards improper feelings; towards bizarre, zany, exhilarating fevers; towards these eccentrics who make up my tribe and who embellished their lives with magnificent daring...

The result is here: in this true novel, I lance my abscesses of silence.

I finally wander within this clan which, in itself, embodies fantasy, irregularity in everything, and a moment of incredible freedom. For the first time, I become a Jardin again. Am I worthy of these great tramplers of principles? I owe them, in any case, the best part of what I am.