"To invent a wife when you're single, and you want to seduce a young woman who claims to be attracted only to married men, you still have to lie.  To make your new conquest believe that you live in the superb duplex that you keep during the holidays, you must always lie.  For Serge, this cascade of lies will lead to new catastrophic fabrications, but also reveal astonishing truths.  His professional and sentimental life will be turned upside down, dragging his best friends into its whirlwind. The only certainty of this story,  is that WITHOUT LIE, nothing would have happened. "