Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, née à Clermont-Ferrand en 1973, est franco-britannique. Elle enseigne le français à l'Université de Durham dans le nord de l'Angleterre. Elle est l'auteur de plusieurs essais, éditions critiques et articles sur la littérature française du XIXème siècle.
"Nikonor, a snobbish and shrewd scholar, was entrenched in his castle in Correze. He is passionate about mycology (especially cepes and amanites) and literature.
Throughout the pages, we will discover the strange confidences that he gives us about his family.
Why does he hate his twin sister Anastasie? And what happened to his relatives? "
• Publisher's presentation
"The logic of amanita succeeds in distilling the clues of the narrator's madness, of which the full measure is taken only on the last page. The affected style of the aristocracy contributes to this glittering portrait of a killer who builds little by little a logic parallel to that of the world. "
• Violaine Morin, Les Mondes des Livres, September 18, 2015
