Cadavre exquis #[nn]

Pénélope Bagieu brings her signature wit and charm to Cadavre Exquis, published by Gallimard's Bayou imprint in 2010. The cover sets an immediately intriguing Parisian mood: a wide-eyed young woman in a red dress clutches an open book with evident unease, while behind her a pale blonde woman and a bespectacled older man share a sly, knowing exchange over a cup of coffee — the Eiffel Tower silhouetted against blue rooftops in the distance. Bagieu's clean, expressive linework gives the scene a delightful tension between the ordinary and the quietly unsettling.