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La Balade des épavistes (The Ballad of the Junkyard)

Illustration : Steve Bolduc

You know, Max, it's hard to admit you're dead when you're still alive... That's what Clovis says. A former a rock journalist and now the right hand man of Max the Gipsy, the only boss other than God of Renchtler's Car Breakers. But since the death of his Consuela, Max too has been in a bad way. When, without warning, an unknown shooter kills Adolphe, Clovis' faithful friend and the yard's watchman, the ex-reporter comes to believe something else is perhaps darkening Max's mood. A fake towing request takes them away from the yard, and when they return, they find that Mahmoud, the young Arab who works with them, has disappeared. Clovis is sure then that Max knows all about it and he demands that his friend come clean. The old Gipsy tells him a sordid tale about a bag of drugs that, following a road accident, has fallen into the wrong hands, and Clovis realizes how far up shit creek they are. The two associates plan a little night outing they hope will resolve the problem in one fell swoop. But, as we all know, such ventures do not always end well.

Luc Baranger La Balade des épavistes (The Ballad of the Junkyard) 303 pages, $14.95