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Second life: Playboy, by Constance Debré, reviewed

Having abandoned her marriage and her career as a lawyer, Debré re-emerges as a lesbian, a writer, and a seducer equal to Casanova

8 June 2024

9:00 AM

8 June 2024

9:00 AM

Playboy Constance Debré, translated by Holly James

Tuskar Rock, pp.176, 10.99

Playboy is part one of a trilogy that draws on the life of its author, Constance Debré. Part two, Love Me Tender, was published in Britain last year. The trilogy was inspired by Debré’s experience of leaving her husband, abandoning her career as a lawyer, and then losing custody of her child when she re-emerged as a lesbian (and a writer).

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