Le Président #[nn]

A sharp political satire from Philippe Moreau Chevrolet and Morgan Navarro, this 2020 French album from Les Arènes sets its tone immediately with the cover's tagline — Méfions-nous des clowns ! ("Beware of clowns!"). The cover shows two broadly caricatured figures — one large and bearded in a sharp suit, the other blond and wide-eyed — mugging for a selfie in front of what appears to be the Élysée Palace, tricolor flag waving behind them and a crowd of onlookers below. It's a wonderfully irreverent image that promises a comic look at the theatrics of French political power.