Monica Sabolo, the secret as true lie

Still in the running a few weeks ago for three of France's most prestigious literary prizes, Monica Sabolo's La vie clandestine is one of the leading novels of the new literary season. Against a backdrop of investigation and introspection.

Looking for a subject for her next book, Monica Sabolo found the ideal solution: write about a news item. About the assassination of a company director by Action directe, a far-left terrorist group that operated in France in the 80s, committing attacks and murders. A simple, somewhat racy theme, always stirring the emotions; a story with drama, unusual protagonists: all the ingredients were there to make this future opus a best-seller.

«I had my subject. A group of young people murder a father for ideological reasons. I was going to write something easy and