A C20 take on "Tom Jones", this novel's original French title of "Le jeune homme vert", denoting the hero Jean's initial natural naivety, has been lost in translation to become, "The Foundling Boy".Jean is discovered in a Moses basket on the doorstep of a simple, kindly childless couple. The wife...
I enjoyed The Foundling Boy by Michel Déon, (see my review) but this sequel is not quite as successful. It is, as the title and the book cover suggest, a continuation of the life of Jean Arnaud who comes of age as France capitulates to Germany during World War II. Most of my reading of fiction ...