The GuardianEN
True crime novel about 1949 murder of Paris life model wins France’s biggest literary prize
<p>Philippe Jaenada wins Prix Goncourt with novel that seeks to solve 77-year-old case and rehabilitates reputation of its victim</p><p>A literary true-crime investigation that tries to solve a 77-year-old cold case and ends up rehabilitating the reputation of its life model victim has won France’s most prestigious literary prize.</p><p>The author Philippe J