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| | Michel Tournier |
 | | French writer, who gained fame at the age of forty-three with his first novel, VENDREDI, OU LES LIMBES DU PASIFIQUE (1967, Friday), an ingenious reworking of the classic Robinson Crusoe theme. |
 | | He was the chief editor for the publishing firm of Plon (1958-68), a press attaché at the Radio Europe I (1964-1968), and hosted the television series La Chambre Noir in 1960-65. |
 | | In the novel the ogre, Abel Tiffauges, is a monstrous and innocent character, a French prisoner in Germany who assists the Nazis by searching for boys for a Nazi military camp. |
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