{"id":532997,"date":"2026-07-31T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=532997"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:52:06","slug":"james-robert-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/de\/litterature\/james-robert-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Geister von James Robert Baker stolzieren mit der Schlinge um den Hals herum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Le roman maudit d\u2019un auteur sulfureux des&nbsp;lettres am\u00e9ricaines para\u00eet enfin. Une&nbsp;odyss\u00e9e sous&nbsp;acide dans&nbsp;Hollywood, entre&nbsp;satire noire et vertige parano\u00efaque.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Diables&nbsp;blancs<\/em>&nbsp;est la confession testamentaire d\u2019un \u00e9crivain psychotique. Mais aussi celle de l\u2019auteur du livre, James Robert Baker (1946-1997), un provocateur devenu paria litt\u00e9raire. Refus\u00e9 partout aux Etats-Unis, son manuscrit a \u00e9t\u00e9 rang\u00e9 dans des cartons pendant une trentaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es apr\u00e8s son suicide. Jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que les Editions Monsieur Toussaint Louverture d\u00e9cident d\u00e9but 2026 de l\u2019exhumer.&nbsp;<em>Diables blancs<\/em>&nbsp;para\u00eet donc pour la premi\u00e8re fois au monde et, de surcro\u00eet, en&nbsp;fran\u00e7ais!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roman inflammable, pur produit de la contre-culture am\u00e9ricaine, livre charg\u00e9 d\u2019une violence satirique, \u00e9pop\u00e9e de sociopathes romantiques,&nbsp;<em>Diables blancs<\/em>&nbsp;est tout autant le cri de soulagement que celui de d\u00e9tresse d\u2019un romancier livr\u00e9 \u00e0 sa rage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-transposition-romanesque-d-un-esprit-derange\">Transposition romanesque d\u2019un\u00a0esprit d\u00e9rang\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019histoire, sans \u00eatre autobiographique, porte les m\u00eames trajectoires et la m\u00eame dynamique que la carri\u00e8re de James Robert&nbsp;Baker:&nbsp;une farouche col\u00e8re contre les conservateurs, une fascination pour l\u2019autodestruction et une hantise du d\u00e9classement, attis\u00e9e par un sentiment d\u2019abandon flirtant avec celui de pers\u00e9cution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019\u00e9crivain du roman s\u2019appelle, lui, Tom Dunbard. Il a connu un grand succ\u00e8s avec un&nbsp;<em>true&nbsp;crime<\/em>, et tout le confort qui va&nbsp;avec:&nbsp;belle bagnole, belle villa c\u00f4ti\u00e8re \u00e0 Los Angeles et beaux bijoux \u00e0 offrir. Mais l\u2019\u00e9chec de son deuxi\u00e8me livre le fait lentement glisser vers la ruine et effrite ses privil\u00e8ges. Mena\u00e7ant sa vie de s\u2019effondrer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/newsletter.infomaniak.com\/external\/submit\" class=\"inf-form\" target=\"_blank\"><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" style=\"display:none\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"key\"\nvalue=\"eyJpdiI6IlZXRVJGMlRGQUU2alNqUE81bitIUk5adnNVa0c4MllFTStzOHdHT1FQZ3c9IiwidmFsdWUiOiJIYzhwMUVCK1pTNnlhY3MyMmhuZlhReWJqemEwNk93blMxTjFHc0s2VHZrPSIsIm1hYyI6ImVhYTQ5N2I1M2NiYWE4NzBm\nNjk2NzgzYjliM2Y5NmYzM2E2ZmU3NGQxNTU1ZDFkMTU1MzY5NTdjYjE3ZTJmNTUifQ==\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"webform_id\" value=\"7291\"><style> .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff{ background-color:#f5f5f5;\npadding:25px 20px; margin:25px auto; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-content { margin-top:13px;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff h4, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff span, .inf-\nmain_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff label, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff input, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-success p a { color:#555555; font-\nsize:14px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff h4{ font-size:18px; margin:0px 0px 13px 0px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff h4, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff label{ font-weight:bold; } .inf-\nmain_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input { margin-bottom:7px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff label { display:block;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff input{ height:35px; color:#999999; border: 1px solid\n#E9E9E9; border:none; padding-left:7px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error label, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error span.inf-message{ color: #cc0033; } .inf-\nmain_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error input{ border: 1px solid #cc0033; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input input { width:100%;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error\nspan.inf-message { display: block; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit { text-align:right;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit input{ background-color:#777777; color:#ffffff; border:none; font-weight:\nnormal; height:auto; padding:7px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit input.disabled{ opacity: 0.4; } .inf-btn { color: rgb(85, 85, 85); border: medium none; font-weight: normal; height: auto; padding: 7px; display: inline-block;\nbackground-color: white; box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24); border-radius: 2px; line-height: 1em; } .inf-rgpd { margin:25px 0px 15px 0px; color:#555555; } <\/style> <div class=\"inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff\">\n<h4>NEWSLETTER DU REGARD LIBRE<\/h4> <span>Recevez nos articles chaque dimanche.<\/span> <div class=\"inf-success\" style=\"display:none\"> <h4>Votre inscription \u00e0 notre infolettre hebdomadaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9e avec succ\u00e8s !<\/h4> <p>\n<a href=\"#\" class=\"inf-btn\">&laquo;<\/a> <\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"inf-content\"> <div class=\"inf-input inf-input-text\"> <input type=\"text\" name=\"inf[1]\" data-inf-meta = \"1\" data-inf-error = \"Merci de renseigner une adresse email\" required=\"required\"\nplaceholder=\"Email\" > <\/div> <div class=\"inf-submit\"> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"\" value=\"S\u2019inscrire\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/form>\n\n\n\n<p>Alors, dans un ultime baroud de d\u00e9shonneur, il transforme sa parano\u00efa en projet&nbsp;criminel:&nbsp;fabriquer de toutes pi\u00e8ces un meurtre qui fera beaucoup de bruit. Et de lui un homme de nouveau c\u00e9l\u00e8bre. Pour maintenir son train de vie, il faut parfois acheminer la mort. Comme si la seule mani\u00e8re de rester au centre du r\u00e9cit consistait encore \u00e0 provoquer la catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-long-aveu-sous-acide\">Long aveu sous acide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ce n\u2019est pas tout, car l\u2019entreprise machiav\u00e9lique fait place \u00e0 une entreprise romanesque. De sa folie morbide, Tom a tout document\u00e9 et enregistr\u00e9 sur cassettes. Et la transcription, c\u2019est ce livre que tient le lecteur entre ses mains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cette affolante descente aux enfers sous amph\u00e9tamines d\u2019un couple hollywoodien est un jeu de miroirs bris\u00e9s. On p\u00e9n\u00e8tre dans ce roman comme on entre dans les toilettes d\u2019un night-club apr\u00e8s un shot de&nbsp;trop:&nbsp;les ombres tanguent, les dialogues nous sautent au cou et des reflets qui semblent \u00e9trangement lointains s\u2019\u00e9crasent sur la glace du lavabo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entre satire venimeuse du r\u00eave californien, humour noir ultra-cynique et confession hallucin\u00e9e sur cassettes audio, le roman avance comme un film des fr\u00e8res Coen shoot\u00e9&nbsp;\u00e0 la coke. Tout y est&nbsp;excessif:&nbsp;les discussions, la violence, les n\u00e9vroses, la haine conjugale, l\u2019ambition rat\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Derri\u00e8re cette d\u00e9mesure presque grotesque, James Robert Baker capte quelque chose de tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9cis sur l\u2019Am\u00e9rique des r\u00eaves hollywoodiens transform\u00e9s en bourbier moral. Il capte le vertige pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent la perte, le spectre brandi des anciens privil\u00e8ges en lambeaux. Le d\u00e9sastre est funeste, car il pr\u00e9cipite la chute qu\u2019il voulait \u00e9viter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-groggy-de-vivre\">Groggy de vivre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ce qui est clair chez James Robert Baker, c\u2019est que les personnages ne cherchent plus vraiment \u00e0 \u00eatre&nbsp;sauv\u00e9s:&nbsp;ils veulent simplement retarder le moment o\u00f9 le monde cessera d\u00e9finitivement de les regarder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Derri\u00e8re sa posture de thriller d\u00e9glingu\u00e9 et de farce noire, le roman se r\u00e9v\u00e8le comme le testament d\u2019un \u00e9crivain qui refuse de dispara\u00eetre en silence. Chaque sc\u00e8ne est pouss\u00e9e jusqu\u2019\u00e0 son point de rupture et transforme le naufrage en spectacle incandescent. Trente ans apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019oubli, James Robert Baker signe ainsi une r\u00e9surrection litt\u00e9raire aussi d\u00e9rangeante qu\u2019impossible \u00e0 ignorer. Rarement un livre aussi transgressif aura donn\u00e9 l\u2019impression de contenir autant de vie au moment m\u00eame o\u00f9 tout s\u2019effondre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chaque mois, <strong>Quentin Perissinotto<\/strong> s\u2019attache \u00e0 passer une \u0153uvre litt\u00e9raire au kal\u00e9idoscope, afin de r\u00e9colter les images qu\u2019elle projette et de restituer leurs diffractions. Quitte \u00e0 ce que les \u00e9clairs de g\u00e9nie s\u2019av\u00e8rent des \u00e9clats de verre. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ecrire \u00e0 l\u2019auteur:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:quentin.perissinotto@leregardlibre.com\">quentin.perissinotto@leregardlibre.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vous-venez-de-lire-un-contenu-en-libre-acces-et-publie-dans-notre-edition-papier-le-regard-libre-nbsp-n-128-debats-analyses-actualites-culturelles-nbsp-abonnez-vous-nbsp-a-notre-media-de-reflexion-pour-nous-soutenir-et-avoir-acces-a-tous-nos-contenus\">Vous venez de lire un contenu en libre acc\u00e8s et publi\u00e9 dans notre \u00e9dition papier (<a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/cpt-editions\/le-regard-libre-128-pensee\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/cpt-editions\/le-regard-libre-128-pensee\/\"><em>Le Regard Libre&nbsp;<\/em>N\u00b0128<\/a>). D\u00e9bats, analyses, actualit\u00e9s culturelles:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/abonnement\/\">abonnez-vous<\/a>&nbsp;\u00e0 notre m\u00e9dia de r\u00e9flexion pour nous soutenir et avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 tous nos contenus.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/couverture-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-533000 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/couverture-4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/couverture-4-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/couverture-4-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/couverture-4-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/couverture-4-300x425.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>James Robert Baker<\/strong><br><strong><em><em>Diables blancs<\/em><\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Trad. de l\u2019anglais par Yoko Lacour<br>Monsieur Toussaint Louverture<\/strong><br><strong>F\u00e9vrier 2026<br>288 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/payot.ch\/p\/diables-blancs-9782381962290\">Commander le livre<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der verfluchte Roman eines skandaltr\u00e4chtigen Autors der amerikanischen Literatur erscheint endlich. 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