Romain Gary: The greatest literary conman ever?
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Romain Gary was a decorated war hero – and hoaxer, inventing a writer who penned the bestselling French novel of the 20th Century. Why isn’t he better known, asks Hephzibah Anderson.
He was a hero of the French resistance – and hoaxer extraordinaire, inventing a writer who went on to pen the bestselling French novel of the 20th Century. So why isn’t Romain Gary better known around the world, asks Hephzibah Anderson.
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Romain Gary 'La Vie Devant Soi' – South of Paris books
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Romain Gary and Vilnius – Litvak Shtetls
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The Company of Counterfeits; HISSING TALES. By Romain Gary. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. 186 pp. New York and Evanston: Harper & Row. $4.95. - The New York Times
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Book Review: The Anomaly -- We Know Less Than We Think - The Arts Fuse
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Chester Himes The Westlake Review
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Literarilly fantastic Book Around the Corner
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Romain Gary: The greatest literary conman ever?
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La tête coupable: 9782070372041: Gary, Romain: Books
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The Ski Bum by Romain Gary rare 1966 Paperback Edition
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Romain Gary and Vilnius – Litvak Shtetls
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Romain Gary: au revoir et merci
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Murder in the Marais (An Aimée Leduc Investigation): 9781616957308: Black, Cara: Books
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Romain Slocombe 'The Leon Sadorski Affair' – South of Paris books