The Little Troquet of Counter Briefs (French edition) by Jean-Marie Gourio

The Little Bistro of Counter Briefs of Jean-Marie Gourio is much more than just a collection: it is a declaration of love to bars, to their clients, to their released words. For thirty years, the author collected these fragments of conversations, bursts of laughter, magnificent absurdities, and raw truths, heard at the counter in this daily theater where life unfolds.

Counter Briefs, born in 1985 in the newsrooms of Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo, find their endpoint here. Jean-Marie Gourio pays a tender and funny tribute to those who inspired him – Cavanna, , Choron, , Wolinski, , Cabu, , Reiser, , Gébé – and to all the anonymous individuals whose words have illuminated their notebooks.

"Can a carnivorous plant be vegetarian?"
It was with this phrase, both simple and brilliant, that an extraordinary literary adventure began.
This last volume, as upsetting as it is hilarious, marks the end of an era. No more picking, but the vine of words will continue to grow in every bar, every counter, every raised glass.

A book to savor like a fine wine, in small sips or in one go, depending on your mood. To read, reread, and share out loud, at the counter or at home. A monument of French popular culture, imbued with nostalgia, humanity, and barroom wisdom.

🟡 Book features

• Type of book : Collection of Quotes / Humorous Literature

• Title The Little Bistro of Bar Counter Snippets

• Author : Jean-Marie Gourio

• Editor : Robert Laffont

• Language : French

• ISBN : 978-2-221-18856-9

• Publication date : October 21, 2015

• Format : Paperback

• Dimensions 22.7 x 14.2 x 3.6 cm

• Number of pages : 494

• Weight : 533 g