Laurent Perez Del Mar was born on 10 March 1974 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He is a composer, known for The Red Turtle (2016), I Kill Giants (2017) and The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019).
Four stand-alone stories make up the book: in "A Contract with God" a religious man gives up his faith after the death of his young adopted daughter; in "The Street Singer" a has-been diva tries to seduce a poor, young street singer, who tries to take advantage of her in turn; a bullying racist is led to suicide after false accusations of pedophilia in "The Super"; and "Cookalein" intertwines the stories of several characters vacationing in the Catskill Mountains.
