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Meet the author Laurent Binet

Meet multi-award-winning French writer Laurent Binet at the Institut francais d'Ecosse on 19th August for a talk on his books! 

Meet the author Laurent Binet

About Meet the author Laurent Binet

19th August 2025
6pm
Institut francais d Ecosse
Institut français d'Ecosse West Parliament Square, Edinburgh Old Town EH1 1RF
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Meet multi-award-winning French writer Laurent Binet for a talk on his books HhHH, The 7th Function of Language, Civilizations and Perspectives. 

Known for his international bestsellers, HHhH, which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman, and The 7th Function of Language, Laurent Binet now transports us to Renaissance Florence, where art, power, and crime intertwine in a captivating tale.

In Perspectives, a painter is found murdered in a church next to his unfinished masterpiece. At his home, a scandalous hidden painting of Maria de’ Medici, depicted as naked Venus, ignites intrigue. Who killed the painter? Who commissioned the work? As Florence descends into chaos, art historian Giorgio Vasari is tasked with leading the investigation. A dazzling and immensely entertaining novel of court machinations, unveiling a world of secret relationships, letters, political intrigue, and artistic rebellion in the city of eternal beauty.

Perspectives won the Naissance d’une œuvre prize.

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