About the book: 2010 / "Rum" is one of the most famous novels by Blaise Cendrars. His hero Jean Galmo is a historical and legendary figure. A native of a remote French province, who first became a large planter in the colony of the French Republic - Guiana, then - a member of the Chamber of Deputies, a journalist and writer, in love with the tropical forest, he spent his whole life in struggle and creation and fell victim to intrigue. An exciting adventure novel, replete with the realities of the 10-20s of the last century, tells the story of a real entrepreneur, an adventurer in the best sense of the word, and in the image of Cendrars, the hero of the novel “Rum” is the national pride of France, one of the true creators of its prosperity.