Publisher's presentation: From the Montparnasse of the Roaring Twenties to the Paris of the Occupation, Gaëlle Nohant resurrects an incandescent, generous and free hero. His friends were called Jacques Prévert, Louis Aragon, Jean-Louis Barrault or Pablo Neruda. A poet, a lover, a resistance fighter, a fierce and joking man, he loved life, Youki and freedom to death. 

This novel, which resounds like a hymn to love and friendship, to revolt and to the joy of living, is the story of an unforgettable encounter.