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Adapted from Éric Faye's Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française-winning novel, this Le Lézard Noir release by Agnès Hostache opens with a quietly unsettling cover: a kitchen scene rendered in muted, flat tones, where a pair of legs in a plaid skirt and white socks stands near a counter bearing a paper bag, a wooden tray, and a pair of chopsticks — everyday objects arranged with an almost eerie deliberateness. The restrained palette and careful composition hint at a story rooted in domestic tension and subtle dread, where the ordinary conceals something deeply strange.