Description
A chance meeting pulls George Chave—restless, unemployed, and drifting—into a detective agency’s orbit, where romance, coincidence, and crime collide in a chain of increasingly strange cases. As he pursues an ideal of love tied to the enigmatic Jenny Weltman, George finds himself entangled in disappearances, odd clues, and a hidden inheritance, all unfolding with the brisk, cinematic momentum of a film that refuses to explain itself. Jean Echenoz’s unconventional narrative style turns the investigation into a playful puzzle, blending humor and suspense with a quietly serious undertone about desire, identity, and the stories people tell to make sense of chaos. With its layered complications and deliberately shifting perspective, this prize-winning novel invites readers to piece together meaning as the plot veers—delightfully and relentlessly—off course.
Available Editions
paperback
Faber and Faber
Published Jan 1, 1991
212 pages
ISBN: 9780571161867
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First Published
1983
Language
fra
Translation
From: fra
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