Prix Goncourt and the Lovers' Scandal

and other stories from France

The big scandal in France this week involves that oh-so-hoity-toity prize, the Prix Goncourt. It is the equivalent of the Nobel prize and the Pulitzer for Literature, all rolled into one, version française.

And the big issue this year is that one of the candidates who is up for the Prix Goncourt (François Noudelmann) is in a relationship with one of…