André Lay

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André Lay , actually André Boulay (born May 26, 1924 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés , Département Seine , † November 1997 ) was a French author of detective novels .

Live and act

Boulay, the son of a butcher, also learned this trade in order to continue the family tradition. After his apprenticeship, he worked in a slaughterhouse for 17 years. Since the job no longer suited him, he switched to a carpenter's workshop, where he worked for several years. a. Made coffins. During the Second World War he found a job as a clerk in the French War Ministry . After the war, Boulay worked in a butcher's shop for a few years.

In 1956 he made his successful debut with his novel Le diable est au fond du sac. Loved by his audience, he gave up all professional activities after further publications and devoted himself only to writing. His most famous books include the cases of the Commissaire Perello Vallespi (18 volumes) and his series Le Shérif (21 volumes). Almost all of his literary work appeared under the pseudonym André Lay .

Works (selection)

Commisaire Perello Vallespi
  • Sacré Vallespi . Paris 1968.
  • Vallespi voit rouge . Paris 1968.
  • Vallespi et le Déluge . Paris 1969.
  • Safari pour Vallespi . Parsi 1969
  • Vallespi crève l'écran . Paris 1970.
  • Vallespi chasse la sorcière . Paris 1970.
  • One-man-show pour Vallespi . Paris 1971.
  • Vallespi et les soucoupes volantes . Paris 1971.
  • Les douze travaux de Vallespi . Paris 1972.
  • Vallespi, go home . Paris 1972.
  • Avanti, Vallespi . Paris 1973.
  • Vallespi sent la poudre . Paris 1973.
  • Vallespi et les kamikazes . Paris 1974.
  • Vallespi chez les amazones . Paris 1975.
  • Hourra Vallespi . Paris 1975.
  • Vallespi au pilori . Paris 1976.
  • V comme Vallespi . Paris 1976.
  • Vas-y Vallespi . Paris 1977.
Le Shérif cycle
  • Tu charries, shérif . Paris 1977.
  • C'est toi, shérif? Paris 1978.
  • T'as les mains froides, shérif . Paris 1978.
  • Do m'fais mal, shérif . Paris 1978.
  • Tout à toi, mon shérif . Paris 1979.
  • Suis ton étoile, shérif . Paris 1979.
  • Prends-moi, shérif! Paris 1980.
  • Le shérif de ces dames . Paris 1980.
  • Pas ce soir, shérif . Paris 1981.
  • Me pince pas, shérif . Paris 1982.
  • Te mouille pas, shérif . Paris 1982.
  • Fais-moi peur, shérif . Paris 1982.
  • Donne-moi ta menotte, shérif . Paris 1983.
  • Couvre-toi, shérif . Paris 1984.
  • Serre la vis, shérif . Paris 1984.
  • M'oublie pas, shérif . Paris 1985.
  • Appeals-moi, shérif . Paris 1985.
  • Guard ton sang-froid, shérif . Paris 1985.
  • Tu m'envoûtes, shérif . Paris 1986.
  • Tu m'aimes, shérif? Paris 1987.
  • Reviens, shérif . Paris 1987.
Individual novels
  • Le diable est au fond du sac . Paris 1956.
    • German: Five minutes too late . Pabel-Verlag, Rastatt 1977.
  • Concerto à tir rapide . Paris 1957.
    • German: Whoever shoots first . Moewig-Verlag, Munich 1958.
  • Déterrez, c'est une erhur . Paris 1958.
    • German: Billing follows . Publishing house W. Constantin, Karlsruhe 1961.
  • Les linceuls n'ont pas de plis . Paris 1959.
    • German: On a Friday in Las Vegas . SEP-Verlag, Rüsselsheim 1969.
  • Cette mort quinous guette . Paris 1966.
    • German: Darnay's second face . SEP-Verlag, Rüsselsheim 1968.
  • De vice à trépas . Paris 1966.
    • German: Death course to Astoria . SEP-Verlag, Rüsselsheim 1969.
  • Le partage des fauves . Paris 1968.
    • German: Death in the Andes . SEP-Verlag, Rüsselsheim 1969.

Film adaptations

literature

  • Claude Mesplède (ed.): Dictionnaire des littératures policières, Vol. 2: J-Z . Éditions Joseph K., Nantes 2007, ISBN 978-2-910-68645-1 , pp. 154-155.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Today the Val-de-Marne department .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Lay, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boulay, André (real name); AB St. Maur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
DATE OF DEATH November 1997