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Preemption: The Centre Pompidou Acquires François-Paul Alibert Novel

Published on , by La Gazette Drouot

The unpublished novel - one of the 2 known proof sets - joins the Centre Pompidou for €5,308. Its title, La Couronne de Pines (Crown of Penises), leaves little doubt as to its homoerotic content - an edition that was entirely destroyed during a Customs seizure. Alibert was a close friend of French author André Gide.