The Cap d’Antibes of Guillaume Musso
Cap d’Antibes and Guillaume Musso
Guillaume Musso is the author of many great books, but this one, not yet out in English, is the one that really made me want to read it. So much so, I decided to go to France…. crazy but totally worth it!
Le Crime du Paradis – book map
Le Crime du Paradis – book map
The city of Antibes is where Guillaume Musso was born. And on my latest journey to this fine place, I discovered a school in Juan le Pins has been named after him. What an honour!
Guilluame Musso school (c) TheBookTrail
Le Crime du Paradis – book map
The book on location – it never gets less exciting being in the exact place where a book is set, and going around to see them!
Book on Juan le Pins Beach (c) The BookTrail
Le Crime du Paradis – book map
But one place that appears in the novel really enticed me to take a closer look – the very real and very very posh Hotel du Cap where events in the novel take place…
Hotel du Cap (c) The BookTrail
Le Crime du Paradis – book map
There is something very majestic about this place but it’s hidden away. When I was getting out my phone to take these pics, the gates which had been open, started to close. Coincidence? Maybe because I took a picture from the sentry box…. 😉
Then.. Villa Starlight might be fictional but this house, further along the coast made me think it could be it…..It was actually the villa where the Rothschild family used to live….I could smell the money walking around this place. Very opulent. It did give me an idea of what the views from Villa Starlight might have been though.
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild (c) The BookTrail
Le Crime du Paradis – book map
The whole novel totally encapsulates the beauty of the region, the rocky cliffs and the opulent houses. However, it also showcases the stunning landscape and the difference between the rocky caves and the calm blue sea…..
The rocky cliffs of Cap d’Antibes (c) The BookTrail
When the crime of Paradise comes out in English, I recommend you read it. It’s Agatha Christie -esque but with that great Musso humour and style.
It puts Cap D’Antibes on the map but with it being the place where the writer himself was born, it takes on a particularly special vibe.
What will they name after this great writer next?
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