A Very Profitable War
by Didier Daeninckx
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A rollicking noir set in Paris, during the anarchic days following World War One In January 1920, in the aftermath of "the war to end all wars," private detective René Griffon is hired to investigate the marital infidelities of the wife of a war hero. But what he uncovers is more than shabby behavior, and more than a sex scandal--what he uncovers is a scandal with devastating national implications. And as Griffon's investigation plunges him into the murky world of blackmail, murder, show more anarchists, profiteering, and the repercussions of the war's dark secrets, he discovers that the people who helped France win the war are being made to pay for the peace. Both homage to its American predecessors and critique of the Americanization of French--and global--culture,nbsp;A Very Profitable Warnbsp;is a tense and evocative book that will linger long after its startling conclusion. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- A Very Profitable War
- Original title
- Le der des ders
- Original publication date
- 1984-12-04 (1e édition originale française, Série noire, Gallimard) (1e édition originale française, Série noire, Gallimard); 1995-03-03 (Réédition française, Folio, Gallimard) (Réédition française, Folio, Gallimard); 1999-04-14 (Réédition française, Folio policier, Gallimard) (Réédition française, Folio policier, Gallimard)
- Important places*
- Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; France
- Related movies
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Epigraph*
- Toute littérature dépend du ventre.
Les intestins sont la parodie du cerveau.
Denis Fernandez.
« Océanographie des vents. » - Dedication*
- En me souvenant
de Rémy et Ferdinand. - First words*
- CHAPITRE PREMIER
Tout avait commencé au début du mois de janvier. Il faisait un froid de canard et je marchais au grog du matin au soir.
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- Fiction and Literature, Mystery, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 843.914 — Literature & rhetoric French Literature French fiction 1900- 20th Century 1945-1999
- LCC
- PQ2664 .A417 .D3413 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures French literature Modern literature 1961-2000
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