Jean Echenoz won France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt for I’m Gone (The New Press). He is the winner of numerous literary prizes, among them the Prix Médicis and the European Literature Jeopardy Prize. He lives in Paris. Sam Taylor is an acclaimed translator and novelist who lives in Texas. His translations include A Meal in Winter by Hubert Mingarelli (The New Press), The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf, and the award-winning HHhH by Lauren Binet.

Praise for Special Envoy:"A shaggy tale that blends spy-novel pastiche with today's headlines. Fans of Echenoz will recognize his signature playfulness and affection for the offbeat caper."—Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Jean Echenoz:"Witty, passionate, Echenoz’s novels are often the opposite of realistic—playful fantasies in which characters bounce in and out of sight like acrobats on a trampoline, with plots that hopscotch wildly over time and space." —Max Byrd, New York Times Book Review"The most distinctive voice of his generation and the master magician of the contemporary French novel."—The Washington Post"Rarely has the difficult craft of storytelling been as well mastered."—Times Literary Supplement"A gentle tending to perversity links Echenoz to that other master of perverse detail, Vladimir Nabokov."—Los Angeles Times"There is an echo of García Márquez in these simple yet enigmatic pages. Echenoz gives us a slim series of elegant, tightly written tales, achieving a simple kind of magic.”—Kirkus

Jean Echenoz won France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt for I’m Gone (The New Press). He is the winner of numerous literary prizes, among them the Prix Médicis and the European Literature Jeopardy Prize. He lives in Paris. Sam Taylor is an acclaimed translator and novelist who lives in Texas. His translations include A Meal in Winter by Hubert Mingarelli (The New Press), The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf, and the award-winning HHhH by Lauren Binet.

Praise for Special Envoy:"A shaggy tale that blends spy-novel pastiche with today's headlines. Fans of Echenoz will recognize his signature playfulness and affection for the offbeat caper."—Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Jean Echenoz:"Witty, passionate, Echenoz’s novels are often the opposite of realistic—playful fantasies in which characters bounce in and out of sight like acrobats on a trampoline, with plots that hopscotch wildly over time and space." —Max Byrd, New York Times Book Review"The most distinctive voice of his generation and the master magician of the contemporary French novel."—The Washington Post"Rarely has the difficult craft of storytelling been as well mastered."—Times Literary Supplement"A gentle tending to perversity links Echenoz to that other master of perverse detail, Vladimir Nabokov."—Los Angeles Times"There is an echo of García Márquez in these simple yet enigmatic pages. Echenoz gives us a slim series of elegant, tightly written tales, achieving a simple kind of magic.”—Kirkus

Jean Echenoz won France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt for I’m Gone (The New Press). He is the winner of numerous literary prizes, among them the Prix Médicis and the European Literature Jeopardy Prize. He lives in Paris. Sam Taylor is an acclaimed translator and novelist who lives in Texas. His translations include A Meal in Winter by Hubert Mingarelli (The New Press), The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf, and the award-winning HHhH by Lauren Binet.

Praise for Special Envoy:"A shaggy tale that blends spy-novel pastiche with today's headlines. Fans of Echenoz will recognize his signature playfulness and affection for the offbeat caper."—Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Jean Echenoz:"Witty, passionate, Echenoz’s novels are often the opposite of realistic—playful fantasies in which characters bounce in and out of sight like acrobats on a trampoline, with plots that hopscotch wildly over time and space." —Max Byrd, New York Times Book Review"The most distinctive voice of his generation and the master magician of the contemporary French novel."—The Washington Post"Rarely has the difficult craft of storytelling been as well mastered."—Times Literary Supplement"A gentle tending to perversity links Echenoz to that other master of perverse detail, Vladimir Nabokov."—Los Angeles Times"There is an echo of García Márquez in these simple yet enigmatic pages. Echenoz gives us a slim series of elegant, tightly written tales, achieving a simple kind of magic.”—Kirkus