Overview

The French have a word for it: "honteux," meaning "disgraceful." When a young Frenchman's reckless behavior embarrasses his family, they try intervention, but with unexpected results. Nothing seems to be off limits, nothing appears to be forbidden, as the delinquent lad explores the dark byways of sexuality with a single-minded determination. Can anything stop his plunge into hedonism? Henri Couesnon, in this semi-autobiographical memoir, tells this tale of a young rake's progress with unsparing frankness, holding nothing back.