Bernard Valcourt is a journalist. He saw famine in Ethiopia and went through war in Lebanon. It is difficult to surprise him with the abominations that the human race is capable of. In the early 90s, for lack of other offers, he agreed to go to Rwanda to organize television there. The novel, named Canada's Book of the Year in 2001, has been translated into dozens of languages and is the basis for a film directed by Robert Favreau. This extraordinary book, harrowing and ruthless, essentially takes you to the land of the dead, where, following a white man in love with a black woman, you find yourself in the heart of blood-red Africa. (Nouvelle Observer)