Vice de fond

Jean Paul Bergamo has two passions in life: his wife of five years, Maggy, and law. A brilliant attorney, he has just been appointed by the justice department official defence lawyer for criminal cases involving the worst that society has to offer: paedophiles and rapists. His wife is deeply worried that such close contact with the dark side of the human soul might put her husband in danger of losing a part of himself. And her fears are not completely unfounded... This gratingly humorous, bewitching novel explores the inner workings of human relationships, the mystery of evil and the fragile equilibrium of justice. Jean Paul Carminati is a practising attorney in Paris. He is the author of La Concordance des dents (Seuil), Dictionnaire imaginaire des stations du métro (Castor Astral) and Jardins divers (Castor Astral)