John l'Enfer

Synopsis of John l'Enfer

«John l'Enfer» is the novel by Didier Decoin, published by Club pour vous Hachette in hardcover (312 pages, in French).

In a proud and decadent New York, three destinies cross and three loves are woven and undone while only John l'Enfer seems to sense the city's agony. The novel explores attraction and repulsion, opulence and abandonment, culminating in an apocalyptic vision that contrasts with the nascent New York of Abraham de Brooklyn.

The novel won the Prix Goncourt in 1977, a distinction indicated on the cover of this French edition.

For readers of literary fiction and French narrative, especially those seeking works that have won the Prix Goncourt.