"Not long ago, a book party like this would have been unthinkable: a Washington celebration of one of the most notorious French novels ever written. But on a frigid December night, some 50 people crammed into Butterworth's, a Capitol Hill restaurant favored by the MAGA elite, to celebrate the rerelease of The Camp of the Saints, which had gone out of print in English decades ago."
"The dystopian novel by the French author Jean Raspail depicts the destruction of European civilization by barbaric migrant hordes that arrive, uninvited, by boat. It has been mostly reviled since its publication, in 1973. But prominent figures of the French right have hailed it as prophetic, including Marine Le Pen, who first read it at 18 and keeps a signed first edition in her office."
A Washington event celebrated the rerelease of The Camp of the Saints at Butterworth's, drawing about 50 MAGA-aligned guests. The dystopian novel depicts the destruction of European civilization by migrant hordes arriving by boat and has been widely reviled since its 1973 publication. Prominent figures on the French right, including Marine Le Pen, have hailed the book as prophetic, and U.S. figures tied to immigration policy, including Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon, have referenced it. A September retranslation and republication by Vauban Books ended a period of scarce, expensive English copies. Translator Ethan Rundell read from a 2011 Raspail essay at the event, and the new edition sold for about $25.
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