Le débutant / Ouvrage enrichi de nombreux dessins de Busnel, de deux dessins... et d'un portrait de l'auteur par St-Charles Roman de moeurs du journalisme et de la politique dans la province de Québec

The narrative follows Paul Mirot, an orphan raised by relatives, whose early admiration for his young schoolteacher becomes a formative obsession; dismissed and humiliated, he retreats into childish resentments and rough schoolroom life. As he grows, the story traces his entry into journalism and encounters with cynical colleagues and recurring political figures, presenting a gallery of professional and public types. Through episodes of ambition, disillusionment, and social observation, the work examines the compromises of truth, the interplay of private longing and public maneuvering, and satirizes the manners of provincial journalism and politics.