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An average Nothomb with some brillant parts. This is part of her exploration of her life as fiction. Amélie, the writer, has a correspondance with an American soldier in Irak. In Nothomb‘s classic way aka it‘s self-centred and a bit precious.
But, the idea is brillant. This soldier who gets hooked on food to combat fear, guilt in a war, society‘s views of being obese, celebrity and reconnaissance as a way to exist are done with panache.