Tibor Fischer

Louis-Ferdinand Céline was lucky to escape retribution in 1945

France’s celebrated writer was virulently anti-Semitic and clearly sympathetic to Hitler, though Damian Catani tries to lighten the charges against him

Louis-Ferdinand Céline: master of verbal acrobatics and eclectic invective. [Getty Images] 
issue 11 September 2021
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