The Outcasts

About the Book

The Outcasts is a historical novel about three young people caught up in the storm of the Second World War in France, at the time of the uprising and massacre of the Croats soldiers by their German officers on September 17, 1943, in Villefranche-de-Rouergue. One of the adolescents is Muslim, the second is Catholic and the third Jewish. They meet in Villefranche de Rouergue, a small town in the center of France, and forge a solid bond by discovering that each of them is in similar precariousness: chased by the German occupiers, by the militia of the Vichy government and by the pervasive anti-Semitism in France. Together, they realize that their three religions have more in common than they ever imagined. Together, they managed to join the resistance, with which they participate in operations against the German occupiers until the Liberation. Many years later, at the chance of a meeting in a café, two of them meet and take stock of their experiences.

About the Author

Jean-Pierre Angel was born in Paris in 1938. He is the son of Jewish immigrants from Turkey. Jean-Pierre lived the five years of the Second World War posing as Catholic while hiding with his father, his mother and his two sisters in the French provinces, later in Nice and in Villefranche de Rouergue a small town in central France where he situates most of the action of The Outcasts. Jean-Pierre left France to study in the United States] at the age of 18 and has lived there more than fifty years after graduating from New York University [NYU]. He is divorced and the father of three boys, all living in the United States. Jean-Pierre Angel made his career in advertising, finance and Internet Technology. He wrote poetry before going into fiction. Jean-Pierre writes in French. He published a book in 2008: Le Peigne en Écaille, Éditions de l'Archipel, Paris France, sold over 13,000 copies. The book was translated into English. Under the title: The Tortoise Shell Comb published by AuthorHouse in 2015. The Outcast is Jean-Pierre Angel 4th book. Jean-Pierre continues to write and has 3 unpublished manuscripts in his drawers. Having acquired a residence in Paris, he divides his time between France and the city of Boston in the United States, where he resides. Other work by Jean-Pierre Angel Le Peigne en Ecaille [French] over 13,000 copies sold Published at Editions de l'Archipel – 2008 The Tortoiseshell Comb – [English] Released in 2014 at Éditions du Net ISBN: 978-2-312-02021-1