Description: Born with a frozen heart, Jack is saved by the witch doctor Dr. Madeline, who places a cuckoo clock in his chest. She warns him about the fragility of his heart: he must never, ever fall in love. But of course, he does.
Brief description:
Mathias Malzieu is the lead singer of the French rock band Dionysos. The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is the basis for an album that he wrote, and he will codirect an animated feature-film adaptation, optioned by Luc Besson. This is his third novel and the first to be translated into English. Born in 1974 in Montpellier, he now lives in Paris.