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Vivid and compelling, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel. Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist—and confidante—to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own. Years later, she is confronted by her husband who has tracked her down.

Paris, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Maze of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to the author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics. Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane's disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, following the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and confronting the great tragedies of history.

Deuxième partie. Vingt-cinq ans. C'est le temps qu'il aura fallu à trois bourgeois sans scrupules - un médecin, un avocat et le directeur d'une agence de domestiques - pour glaner suffisamment d'informations compromettantes sur la bonne société parisienne et mettre enfin leur plan à exécution. Pas de meilleures professions que les leurs en effet pour connaître les secrets et les turpitudes de la population. Les gens sont indiscrets, médisants ; ils apportent d'eux-mêmes les brins de la corde qui les enchaîne peu à peu, tels des esclaves, à leurs maîtres chanteurs.