A boy tells the very touching, beautiful and sad story of his exquisite and unusual childhood experiences lived alongside his parents who lead a modern fairytale-like lifestyle and love story, almost entirely out of the normal social boundaries.
I'm still listening to Nina Simone's Mr. Bojangles...
Le Figaro's review mentions a resemblance of literary style with Froth on the Daydream/Foam of the Daze by Boris Vian, which is next on my TBR list