Indeed, the Tel Quel poll suggests he remains in awe of the monarch.

ECONOMIST: Morocco and its king

Marc Devade is at the Tel Quel office, speaking politely on the phone to one of the poets he most admires and hates.

NEWYORKER: Labyrinth

It adds to the fascination, in a gossipy sort of way, that Philippe Sollers, a novelist and longtime editor of Tel Quel, a learned and esoteric review, has been identified as the real-life model for Jim.

ECONOMIST: Recent French fiction