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<p><b>"One of those rare, transformative novels" </b>KARIM MISKE<br><b>"Funny and poignant"</b> TIFFANY TSAO, author of <i>The Majesties</i><br><i><br>Initially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard''s smile.<br>The security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies do not shoplift.<br>Babies adore the security guard. Perhaps because he does not drag babies to the sales.</i><br><br>The 1960s - Ferdinand arrives in Paris from C¿te d''Ivoire, ready to take on the world and become a big somebody.<br>The 1990s - It is the Golden Age of immigration, and Ossiri and Kassoum navigate a Paris on the brink of momentous change.<br>The 2010s - In a Sephora on the Champs-¿ys¿, the all-seeing eyes of a security guard observes the habits of those who come to worship at this church to consumerism.<br><br>Amidst the political bickering of the inhabitants of the Residence for Students from C¿te d''Ivoire and the ever-changing landscape of French immigration policy, Ferdin