In his youth, Frederic Lanberg dreamed of writing books, but fate decreed otherwise: he became a formidable critic, whom all of literary Paris hates and fears. He was disgusted with his work, had no friends, and the woman he loved died in a car accident. He doesn’t want anything anymore and doesn’t believe in anything, and yet a new life is waiting at the doorstep, in a mysterious message from a stranger. Who is hiding behind the signature “Karin”? And who actually wears the skin of Frederic? Didier van Covelaert is one of the largest French writers of our time, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, director, winner of many prestigious literary and theatrical awards, including the Goncourt and Theater Prize of the French Academy, author of two dozens of world bestsellers, born in Nice, in 1960. The novel Alien Skin, surprising and unexpected, as always with Kovelart, talks about love - about love for a woman, for life and, of course, for literature.