Jeremy Mercer (born 1971) is an

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and

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whose books include ''Time Was Soft There'' (

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, New York, 2005) and ''When the Guillotine Fell'' (

, New York, 2008). He has also translated

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's ''Abolition'' into English for

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. He is a founding member of the Paris arts collective

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. He is also the author of ''Money for Nothing'' (October 1999) and ''The Champagne Gang: High Times and Sweet Crimes'' (January 1998). Mercer had a cameo appearance in the 2014 film ''Avis de Mistral'' with

Jean Reno Jean Reno () (born 30 July 1948), is a French actor. He has worked in American, French, English, Japanese, Spanish and Italian movie productions; Reno appeared in films such as ''Crimson Rivers'', ''Godzilla'', ''The Da Vinci Code'', '' Mission: ...

External links

Jeremy Mercer's official site

(

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) * 1971 births Living people Writers from Ottawa Journalists from Ontario Canadian translators Canadian autobiographers {{Canada-writer-stub