"Dropouts", by Julien Fyot: murder at school

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Review Tom, a student whose kindness is matched only by his intelligence, is found dead in the schoolyard. ★★★☆☆

Published on August 30, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

PHOTOMONTAGE AFTER A. MELIKUZIEV-B. DOGAN/UNSPLASH

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In his class, there are: " The Lightheads. The Wankers. The Panic-Stricken. The Diesels. The Kamikazes. The Attention Deficit Disordered. The Demigods. And Brayan. " Brayan is a thousand drops of water per hour that "bursts the vase" of the most hardened teachers. A black beast of only 10 years old, expelled from all schools, that a patient teacher, J., will try to tame. Until the day when Tom, the best student - a blond boy adored by all - is found dead on the pavement of the playground.

Flashback: we return (with delight) to the time before the crime, to the torture that Brayan represents, the excitement caused by his mother – a bimbo who oozes sex – while our poor J., and his almost autonomous penis, sees his relationship explode with the arrival of a baby. His child, around…