A fascinating personal account of the interwar years in Europe and an exploration of family relationships from a 96-year-old French author who has written more than 50 books. The Foundling Boy, the first of Deon’s novels to have been published by Gallic, received major review coverage including in the New York Times, who said ‘The Foundling Boy may win new readers for books translated from French’ Michel Deon is one of the most highly regarded French authors of the 20th Century, a member of the Academie francaise and past winner of many prizes including the Prix Interallie. Deon has a longstanding connection with the USA, having received a Rockefeller Foundation grant in the 1950s that supported his travels through the United States. While there, Deon worked alongside William Faulkner and Saul Bellow.