It is the eve of the 2012 French Presidential election, and for the first time ever in France, a candidate of Arabic background, Idder Chaouch, is expected to win. On the same weekend, in a city in the south, a wedding is taking place. The groom’s brother, TV star Fouad Nerrouche, happens also to the be the boyfriend of the Chaouch’s daughter, Jasmine. A third brother, Nazir, is not coming to the wedding, but his sinister presence is nevertheless felt, and he is in constant contact with the brothers’ cousin Krim, over whom he seems to have considerable control. The events of Savages all take place over one weekend in May and emotions are running high for everyone. Race, politics, class and a wedding make for a heady mix in this fabulous first volume of a quartet that holds modern day France up to the light.
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