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The Bad Life ( French: La Mauvaise Vie) is a 2005 French novel by Frédéric Mitterrand, the Minister of Culture and Communication of France. The novel is partly autobiographical but fictionalized to a certain extent. [1] The novel has been praised by critics for its "literary boldness" and "provocative examination of homosexuality". [2]
In 2009, the novel caused controversy for its description of gay prostitution in Thailand, [3] and Frederic Mitterrand was then accused of being a paedophile. [4]