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Double Identité
Depuis son accident, l’agent de la CIA Stephen Lutz (que l’on a déjà rencontré dans Hors de moi) croit être le vrai Martin Harris, botaniste réputé dont il avait usurpé l’identité lors d’une mission. À la mort du scientifique, Lutz contacte sa veuve, Liz, et reprend son combat contre les multinationales et les géants de la cosmétique qui exploitent les plantes sacrées d’Amazonie à des fins commerciales. C’est ainsi que le Liz et le faux Harris, partis pour enquêter en Équateur, se retrouvent embarqués dans une cascade d’aventures rocambolesques – avant de tomber amoureux l’un de l’autre.
216 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 23, 2012
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About the author
Didier van Cauwelaert
112 books108 followersDidier van Cauwelaert est un romancier et dramaturge français, né d'une famille d'origine belge.
Didier van Cauwelaert is a French novelist and playwright with Belgian roots.
Well-known French writer Didier van CAUWELAERT has some very big literary successes in his portfolio.
From the age of 8 he dreamed of taking up a pen to become independent and feed his family.
After devoting several years to theatre, to playing Sartre and directing Beckett, Anouilh, Ionesco, and after a brief career as a children's book critic, a chance meeting with a certain Greta GARBO got his foot in the door.
In 1982 he published (at last) his first book “Vingt ans et des poussières” with Editions du Seuil, just after his 22nd birthday. He would reach an ever wider public with every new book.
Awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1994 for “Un aller simple” (One way) this voracious writer let his imagination run rife and arrived at the pinnacle of his career.
An extraordinary author, Didier van CAUWELAERT has sold over 5 million copies and been translated into 30 different languages.
Films have been made of several of his books: “Un aller simple”, “Hors de moi” adapted for film as “Sans identité” and “J’ai perdu Albert” taken from his novel of the same name.
His latest work “La bienveillance est une arme absolue” (goodwill is the ultimate weapon) takes the mind to new horizons.
The ultimate weapon, a weapon to shock, to create joy, goodwill is the only answer to the moral crisis in which society finds itself.
Source : https://wtca-brussels.org/en/classes/...
Didier van Cauwelaert is a French novelist and playwright with Belgian roots.
Well-known French writer Didier van CAUWELAERT has some very big literary successes in his portfolio.
From the age of 8 he dreamed of taking up a pen to become independent and feed his family.
After devoting several years to theatre, to playing Sartre and directing Beckett, Anouilh, Ionesco, and after a brief career as a children's book critic, a chance meeting with a certain Greta GARBO got his foot in the door.
In 1982 he published (at last) his first book “Vingt ans et des poussières” with Editions du Seuil, just after his 22nd birthday. He would reach an ever wider public with every new book.
Awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1994 for “Un aller simple” (One way) this voracious writer let his imagination run rife and arrived at the pinnacle of his career.
An extraordinary author, Didier van CAUWELAERT has sold over 5 million copies and been translated into 30 different languages.
Films have been made of several of his books: “Un aller simple”, “Hors de moi” adapted for film as “Sans identité” and “J’ai perdu Albert” taken from his novel of the same name.
His latest work “La bienveillance est une arme absolue” (goodwill is the ultimate weapon) takes the mind to new horizons.
The ultimate weapon, a weapon to shock, to create joy, goodwill is the only answer to the moral crisis in which society finds itself.
Source : https://wtca-brussels.org/en/classes/...
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October 4, 2025
Je n’ai pas le souvenir d’avoir lu cet auteur auparavant, alors qu’il compte dans le paysage littéraire français des 30 dernières années. Petite intrigue bien menée, parfois tirée par les cheveux, mettant en scène un agent d’un service ultra secret de la CIA en charge des exécutions, qui va devoir jouer de son identité pour arriver à ses fins (mais je ne vous dirai pas lesquelles !). C’est frais, enlevé, ça se lit très vite. On peut regretter un pseudo-mysticisme de 2013/2014 qui penche dangereusement vers ce qu’il adviendra des croyances « alternatives » au moment du confinement et depuis. Divertissant.
August 15, 2012
Un agent secret à la recherche de sa véritable identité... Une intrigue convenue...Exotique: le héros étant à la recherche d'une plante médicinale chez les Indiens. Seul le dénouement surprend!
September 8, 2015
«Elle justifiait mon passé en m'offrant le choix d'un avenir.»
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