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From best sellers to blockbusters

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Today we look at two best sellers and two blockbuster film adaptations, all focusing on the fear and fascination of the far-right. As France’s National Front grab third place in the first round of the presidential elections, France 24’s book critic Augustin Trapenard discusses Suzanne Collins’ "The Hunger Games" and Steig Larsson’s "Millennium" trilogy, both of which have an anti-government theme running through them.

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Who are you Peter?...
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National identity debate viewed by Houellebecq and Depardon
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