Maurice RAPHAEL's Crime Novel

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RAPHAEL, Maurice. Le Festival. Avant que ne tombe une autre nuit des longs couteaux. Editions du Scorpion, 1950, 219 pages, paperback, two trimmed pages at the top margins including the title page. Victor Maurice Élie Jean Le Page, known as Ange Bastiani, was a French writer born on December 2, 1918, in Brest, and died on November 4, 1977, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. He wrote numerous crime novels under various pseudonyms and was influenced by the literary style of Céline, known for its darkly pessimistic tone.