Luc

Full name: Luc Clément Barthélemy

Age: 63

Nationality: French

Place of residence: Paris

Marital status: Divorced (twice, if you’re counting).

Occupation: Former estate agent; proprietor of Bibliophiles Anonymes.

Favourite food: Paris-Brest, marrons glacés, dark chocolate digestives. Anything sweet, basically.

Desert Island Disc & book: The Clash, Sandinista! Varga Llosa, The War of the End of the World.

Favourite place: Elephanta Caves, Elephanta Island, Mumbai Harbour.

Worst fear: Physical pain.

Most hated list: Celery, offal, French rock music, the Rassemblement national, Reconquête! (I think it’s a pretty good rule of thumb to distrust any political party with an exclamation mark after its name).

Epitaph: “Je vous l’avais dit ! Il n’y a vraiment rien après…”