Pulp

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Pulp (original title Le Poulpe , literally "The Octopus") is a French detective novel series. The hero of the sequel is Pulp, whose real name is Gabriel Lecouvreur. Pulp is his nickname because he has so long arms and looks like a sea octopus.

The special thing about the series is that each volume is written by a different author (some of whom are quite well-known personalities). Around 300 titles have appeared in France since 1995. The magazines appear in the sensational design of a dime novel and are quite similar to the American pulp magazines .

content

Gabriel Lecouvreur, known as "Pulp", is anything but bourgeois and has his own methods of investigation. The reason for him to take action are mostly articles in the newspaper Le Parisien in which something strikes him as strange. In addition to investigating on his own, Pulp has three great passions: his girlfriend Cheryl, enjoying international beers and looking for spare parts for his Polikarpov I-16 , a Soviet fighter from the Spanish Civil War.

The series was created to contrast the right-wing heroic epics at the kiosks in France with an anti-fascist alternative. The gender problem is also included in a series. So in Pulp and the Women’s Guns Cheryl takes over the investigation.

characters

Recurring characters:

  • Cheryl, friend and hair salon owner
  • Gérard, host of the Pied de Porc à la Sainte-Scolasse ("Pig 's foot in jelly with dark sauce")
  • Maria, wife of the landlord
  • Vlad, Romanian exile and employee in the restaurant
  • Léon, dog in the Pied de Porc
  • Louis, a regular at Pied de Porc
  • Pedro, arms dealer, identity card forger ("he had issued more identity papers than the prefecture"), Catalan and anarchist
  • Raymond, aircraft fitter

Authors

So far, the authors of the novel series have included a .:

  • Franck Pavloff
  • Paul Vecchiali
  • Noël Simsolo
  • Jean-Jacques Reboux
  • Claude Mesplède
  • Gérard Delteil
  • Romain Goupil
  • Gérard Lefort
  • Cesare Battisti
  • Stephanie Benson
  • Jean-Pierre Andrevon
  • Hervé Le Tellier
  • Michel Boujut
  • Georges J. Arnaud
  • Martin Winckler

translation

The Rowohlt - Imprint offshoot Wunderlich published thirteen of the novels from 1998 to 2001, but not in the original order (the French numbering is given in brackets with #):

  1. Pulp and the Sneak (# 1), Author: Pouy , ISBN 3499260514
  2. Pulp and the Baldness of the Fraternity (# 12), Author: Jean-Jacques Reboux, ISBN 3499260522
  3. Pulp in Gips (# 28), author: Sylvie Granotier, ISBN 3499260530
  4. Pulp and the victims of the mountains (# 10), author: Pascal Dessaint, ISBN 3499260549
  5. Pulp doesn't like mutt (# 11), author: Olivier Thiébaut, ISBN 3499260557
  6. Pulp and the Blood of Others (# 24), Author: Michel Chevron, ISBN 3499260565
  7. Pulp and the old left (# 4), author: Didier Daeninckx , ISBN 3499261359
  8. Pulp and the crack in concrete (# 3), Author: Patrick Raynal, ISBN 3499261367
  9. Pulp and Love on Monday (# 21), author: Romain Goupil, ISBN 3499261375
  10. Pulp - Dakar Rap (# 37), author: Lucio Mad, ISBN 3499261715 (together with no. 7)
  11. Pulp and the Weapons of Women (# 19), Author: Pascale Fonteneau , ISBN 3499261723
  12. Pulp and the Revenge of the Shadows (# 12), Author: Gérard Delteil, ISBN 3499261731
  13. Pulp and the Murder for Money (# 16), Author: Hervé Prudon, ISBN 3499262193

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patrick Raynal, Pulp and the crack in concrete , p. 27.