Standing Heavy

Under the guise of fun, the author shows the pathos of the buying fever in the West, mixing the madness of the sales with the history of Ivorians in Paris * Nouvel Observateur * Brutal, fierce and often awkward, this little book will feel like a body search * Lire * An alert, offbeat and indispensable book * La Nouvelle Vie Ouvriere * What an eye! Gauz saw everything, observed everything, analysed everything during his experiences as a security guard. He takes a dive in time and into the territory of the Ivorians of Paris. The whole French immigration policy emerges through this book . . . Fresh and witty * L'Express * A powerful book * Huma * Full of hilarious observations * Le Figaro * A formidable keenness of observation and a sarcastic wit * La Croix * A tender and ironic look at our consumer society * Marie-France * Gauz honours the sufferings, pitfalls and joys of the African community in Paris, by painting a grotesque portrait of our consumer society * Pelerin * A cunning observer and a disenchanted protestor, Gauz makes shopping an ethnological mine, a priceless sketch and a combat sport * Elle * Gauz castigates the excesses of our society with a humorous first novel in which political satire takes on airs of a poetry slam * Stylist * I ended up laughing out loud * Huffington Post * Gauz casts a tender, yet lucid gaze on the African community. By devoting a book to the shadowy men of security, Gauz finally gives voice and life to those who, oddly enough, are invisible * Le Matricule des Anges *