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Published under the pseudonym Émile Ajar, Gary's best-selling 1975 tragicomic novel of an Arab youth's misadventures amongst the denizens of Paris garnered him an unprecedented second Prix Goncourt, a once-in-a-lifetime honor. With streetwise naïveté, Mohammed—or Momo—narrates his experiences in a clandestine orphanage together with "a bunch of kids who weren't necessary and hadn't managed to get abortioned on time," under the increasingly...Log In or Sign Up to Read More