Claude and Hélène have spent thirty years in faraway countries, between wars, earthquakes, epidemics, and coups d'état. And now they are returning to their homeland, to a small village in the Périgord region. All their friends have warned them: everyday life will seem very dull, they will be bored stiff, and adventures are over! What if, on the contrary, a new kind of stroll awaited them? The observation is simple: madmen, poets, naive people, good people, bad people, we meet them everywhere. But what makes this chronicle so powerful and original is that the author has chosen to hunt down humanity in its unique, perverse, and touching aspects, whether in Baghdad or Périgueux. Without ever failing to make fun of it thanks to uncompromising writing, which draws the reader into an assembly of unforgettable, disheveled and talkative characters. Like a parliament of owls. We rejoice in their adventures, we shudder at their betrayals, we laugh a lot. Publication date: June 1, 2023 Order