Of all the 20th Century’s literary bad boys – and yes, it’s a category that’s almost quaintly masculine – Gary is the most intriguing. A Lithuanian Jew born in Vilna in 1914, he was fluent in six languages. He became a master of multiple literary personae, a decorated hero of the French resistance, and two-times winner of the Prix Goncourt. Hephzibah Anderson – bbc.com Romain Gary wrote under several aliases and The Roots of Heaven, which was made into an indifferent and mu