Crime underworld saga with argot-tinged prose
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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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