Fleur Macdonald

Gabriel Matzneff: the paedophile who hid in plain sight

The French author wrote openly of his relations with prepubescent children. Now Vanessa Springora, one of his victims, returns the favour

Gabriel Matzneff in Paris in 2009. ‘Are you aware he’s a paedophile?’, Vanessa Springora is asked by her (possibly jealous) mother. Credit: Alamy
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