![]() ![]() Much ink has been spilled over the ‘divided France’ exposed during the country’s long presidential election campaign in the first half of 2017, which ended in a run-off between Emmanuel Macron and his newly founded centrist party, En Marche!, and the far-right Front Nationale, led by Marine Le Pen. Find out what other books were recommended here. The End of Eddy was also included as part of a reading list by LSE Spectrum to mark #IDAHOBIT2017. While the book has being widely received for offering insight into current divisions within French society as well as the recent electoral success of Marine Le Pen, Peter Carrol also welcomes it as an elegantly written contribution to contemporary LGBT literature. With The End of Eddy, Édouard Louis gives an autobiographical account of his experience of homophobia and economic inequality growing up in Hallencourt, a village in the north of France where many live below the poverty line. ![]()
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