Gaspard Dhellemmes chronicles his unsuccessful attempts to capture the essence of Emmanuel Carrère, France's most influential contemporary writer and pioneer of narrative nonfiction. Through multiple failed interviews and encounters, the journalist explores the elusive nature of profiling a literary figure who constantly blurs boundaries between reality and storytelling, revealing both the challenges of biographical journalism and Carrère's complex public persona.

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