LE BILLET DE 5 / THE FIVE-EURO BILL – Hakim Benbouchta

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Author:

Hakim Benbouchta

Date:

Istya et Cie.
January 2025

Author:

Rights sold:
Italy (Astoria)

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Le Billet de 5

Rights Holder: Istya et Cie.
Original Language: French

A heartwarming novel that brings tears to your eyes one minute and makes you smile the next.

What do Louis, a young man with Down Syndrome, Mamadi, a young homeless immigrant, Nawal, the singer of a band rising in popularity, and Rebecca, a seventy-three-year-old widow in love with her neighbor have in common?

They have nothing in common, except for a simple five-euro note that has been passed from hand to hand and seems, in one way or another, to bring them luck.

Discover a novel that deals with gentleness and sensitivity the different social issues that our four protagonists are faced with.

Hakim Benbouchta, 1966, is originally from Strasbourg. But grew up in Brussels, where he still lives today. After studying economics, he worked for various advertising agencies before embarking on a career in consulting. So far, he has published two novels, the first of which — Le Pseudo — was adapted for television.

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