The Fairy Gunmother Author:Daniel Pennac A policeman on a mission of mercy is shot dead at point-blank range by a sweet old granny on a frosty morning. The neighbourhood, Paris's bubbling Belleview quarter, is already in uproar because half a dozen other grannies have been found with their shriveled throats slit. Into this tense situation stumbles Benjamin Malaussene with an overly... more » complicated life that includes his voluptuous red-haired girlfriend, Julie, and his smelly epileptic dog, Julius. Maniacally inventive -- some have called it deranged« less