Bruno Doucet
Married and a father of two, Bruno Doucet was born in Paris in 1968. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Brittany before returning to the capital to study law. He is currently an executive at a major financial institution and lives in Maine-et-Loire. He published his first novel in 2019 with Éditions du Net under the title "Contre nature" (Against Nature), before publishing his two previous novels with Éditions Douro: "La poupée d'Albert Riborne" (Albert Riborne's Doll) in 2022 and "Clément et le collier d'amitié" (Clément and the Friendship Necklace) in 2023.
Sophia and François are two talented authors belonging to the new generation of writers who use artificial intelligence daily to create new stories. One day, their publisher commissions them to write a novel together. This is no easy task, as the two writers don't particularly like each other. Now forced to work together, the two young people soon discover that they find themselves in the same dream every night. The mystery deepens when Sophia feels like she's being watched by several people. Just as they finish writing their manuscript, it's stolen and published by a rival publisher. Who could the thief be? What could their motive be? What is the connection between this theft and sharing the same dreams? Publication date: February 1, 2025 Order Press release
Clément is a young probate genealogist with a highly sensitive disposition. During a solitary getaway, he discovers a lost necklace on a beach. This piece of jewelry, whose owner he actively seeks, rekindles numerous memories from a summer spent in his adolescence. The novel, written in the first person, alternates between the present and the past. Through Clément's romantic tribulations, it recounts the lost loves of a marginalized woman and an impoverished count, as well as a child's deep affection for her missing dog. Publication date: September 1, 2023. Order now
To combat his loneliness after a burnout, Albert Riborne, a young professor with a passion for photography and history, became infatuated with an adult doll. He didn't just display his toy: he dressed it, talked to it, and took it for walks. Gradually succumbing to a gentle madness, he eventually made it his other half, even going so far as to propose marriage. This bizarre passion might have been inconsequential had it not drawn his childhood friends and a few other characters into his misadventures. The novel sketches the traits of these pronounced personalities to better highlight the absurdity of prejudices about madness, age, appearances, or social class. Publication date: April 1, 2022. Order now
Brigitte Noble and Bruno Doucet, at the Roiffé book fair
