“Un roman policier, puis, plus logiquement, un roman d’horreur”

Cyril Camus publishes Grand-Guignol with Anacharsis on October 16, 2026. Rather than following classical historical novelists like Dumas or Walter Scott, Camus drew inspiration from Stephen King, Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, Quentin Tarantino, and Alan Moore. These influences shaped his interest in narratives combining history with irony, mystery, and horror. Camus explains how he came to write a historical novel set in the disappeared Parisian theater. Initially conceived as a detective novel, it evolved into a horror novel and metafiction about the horror genre itself. Eco’s The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and The Enchantress of Florence, Tarantino’s historical films, and Moore’s graphic novel From Hell all influenced his approach to blending historical narrative with horror elements.

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