How to Become a Monster

A prisoner known as the Monster, refuses to speak and behind prison bars, awaits his trial. A foreign lawyer, who came to assist him, seeks to uncover the reasons behind his mutism and the circumstances surrounding his crimes. What if there was nothing to understand ? What if the madness of ordinary men had paved the way for the birth of the Monster ? On the trail of his client, in a country just barely recovering from a fratricidal war, the lawyer is plunged against his will into the heart of a tragedy. A tale of adventure, a love story, a philosophical quest, HOW TO BECOME A MONSTER reads like a detective novel in which each person is both guilty and innocent. This vividly inspired and powerful work casts a lucid look at the human condition with its darker parts, but also its moments of redemption.