Hoppla! 1 2 3 Microfiction is a precision-cut gem of

is a precision-cut gem of literary minimalism

in other locales

and is as inventive and energetic now as when it was first published

published in 2008

Hoppla! 1 2 3 Microfiction is a precision-cut gem ofBy Grard Gavarry Translated by Jane Kuntz Publication Date: 06 09 2009 ISBN: 9781564785367 The tale is simple, if grim: a disenfranchised teenage boy from the housing projects on the outskirts of Paris rapes and murders the manager of the supermarket where his mother works. But Gerard Gavarry is a writer who knows how literary inventiveness can shed new light on a serious subject, and Hoppla! tells its story three times, in three separate sections,