“I hated Élodie with all my heart as an angry child and even more with all my heart as an angry teenager. Our hatred was the only thing we agreed on. » When, some 50 years later, Gabrielle Morin receives a missive from this childhood enemy who accuses her of having killed Private Ryan, she takes a look back, undertaking a long journey to find traces of this past. With such an intriguing title, Françoise Cliche first catches the eye. Then, the writing quickly takes the reader into this Quebec of the 1950s where the birthday flip was still common. The villainy of the characters mixes with guilt, revenge, lies, everything that forms the essence of adolescence. I killed Private Ryan is an initiatory novel in which Cliche depicts human failings. Thanks to mastered writing, both direct and spare, she meticulously details the smallest gestures and feelings of the characters. Humans full of flaws who have a sense of drama and, also, humor. Famous.
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