Gravediggers (Les fossoyeurs)

Finish: 07.04.2024
Title: Les fossoyeurs
Genre: non-fiction (400 pg)
Language: French
Rating: A+++

TRIVIA:

1. The Albert Londres Prize is the highest French journalism award,
2. …named in honor of journalist Albert Londres.
3. Created in 1932, it was first awarded in 1933 and
4. …is considered the French equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.

 

1. This book gives the perfect depiction of reality
2. …based on 3-year investigation.
3. It is a frightening report of the corruption and inhuman care of the
4. elderly by the Orpéa organization in France.
5. When you think it can’t get any worse, it does.
6. The book is really long and can at times be repetitive.
7. The author gives all the sources for every single fact.
8. One investigative journalist proves once again
9. “…the pen in mightier than the sword.”
10. Orpéa was forced to apply for bankruptcy.

 

UPDATE 2024 March:

1. French care homes operator Orpéa opens  on
2. Wednesday rebranded to Émeis as it draws a line under the scandals
3. …that plagued it in 2022 and contributed to subsequent financial issues.
4. Orpéa has been in turmoil since the beginning of 2022, when allegations of
5. abuse and mistreatment in its French care homes in a
6. …book by journalist Victor Castanet
7. sent shockwaves throughout France and much soul-searching
8. over how the elderly are treated in nursing homes.