by Pierre Combescot · Grasset · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246603412
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«Ce soir on soupe chez Pétrone» is the novel by Pierre Combescot, published in 2004 by Grasset in paperback (352 pages, in French).
The narrator, Lysias, was secretary and confidant to Petronius and recalls his childhood in Marseille and his last six days, with the sea journey from Rome to Cumae. Combescot recreates a heterogeneous and decadent society and the figure, at once lucid and desperate, of Petronius, who collects monstrous beings.
The cover subtitle is «roman»; the original was published in 2004 and the work falls within the category Literature and Fiction.
The work is aimed at those interested in ancient Rome, the Satyricon, and French narrative.
Pierre Combescot was a French journalist and writer. He worked for the Canard Enchaîné, under the pseudonym Luc Décygnes. He was also a columnist in Paris Match.
