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Crime underworld saga with argot-tinged prose
Original title : Raphaël une main lave l'autre 1952
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Maurice Raphaël (pseudonym of Victor Maurice Élie Jean Le Page, 1918-1977), French writer. Denoël, 1952, octavo, paperbound, 286 pages. Céline-influenced noir fiction featuring underworld argot and existential pessimism. Le Page mastered the specialized language of Parisian criminal milieu alongside Albert Simonin. His crime novels, primarily published in Série noire during the 1950s-1960s, focus on Corsican and Marseille underworld. Notable adaptation:…
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Maurice Raphaël (pseudonym of Victor Maurice Élie Jean Le Page, 1918-1977), French writer. Denoël, 1952, octavo, paperbound, 286 pages. Céline-influenced noir fiction featuring underworld argot and existential pessimism. Le Page mastered the specialized language of Parisian criminal milieu alongside Albert Simonin. His crime novels, primarily published in Série noire during the 1950s-1960s, focus on Corsican and Marseille underworld. Notable adaptation: Le Pain des jules (1960 film by Jacques Séverac). An indefatigable Paris flaneur, Le Page wrote extensively across genres including erotic fiction and drama.Related Products
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