New book from France's 'Sexual Life' author Millet due out

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

PARIS (AFP) — A new work by best-selling "Sexual Life" author Catherine Millet is among 676 books due out in France for the autumn literary "rentree", including books from Scandinavia, Germany and eastern Europe.

Millet, whose explicit blockbuster "The Sexual Life of Catherine M" was translated into more than a score of languages and sold 400,000 copies in France alone, this time tackles jealousy in "Jour de Souffrance" (Day of Suffering) which comes out late this month.

The book is her first in seven years since the success of her sexual adventures and 100,000 copies are due to hit the shelves.

Also on the potential best-seller list of French-penned titles is a 17th novel by Belgium's somewhat gothic Amelie Nothomb, perhaps best-known for her...