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Long-silenced victim of a paedophile writer gets to tell her story

By Norimitsu Onishi
New York Times·
13 mins to read

For decades, the writer Gabriel Matzneff used Francesca Gee's image and letters to champion his sexual pursuit of adolescents. But her own account was rejected, until now.

In her telling, Francesca Gee was out with a girlfriend, a late autumn day in Paris in 1983, when they spotted a new bookstore. As they lingered before the storefront, her friend suddenly pointed to the bottom of the window.

"Look, it's you!"

Gee's face was staring back at her from the cover

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