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Starred Review on February 1, 2024 | Fiction
Born into a very poor family in rural northern France, Eddy Bellegueule knows he is different from those around him, and not only because he is gay. On Saturday evenings, Eddy and a friend go to the "big" supermarket and just wander around, thinking of how grand it would be to actually shop there. Ignorance, poverty, and small doses of violence are common in Eddy's limited world, and he wants to cha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More