Le Roi et les Marionnettes

Andre Lenorman--alias Didouche, a well-known gangster and car thief--retires on the coast of Portugal. He returns to Martigny, Switzerland, to bury his son killed at the main square of town. Who killed his son and why? This is what Lenorman wants. This will eventually catch up to his past.An adventure written like in the early fifties, the story is a classical dark matrix of the universe where elegant men are violent and without guilt. The streets are dark. Treason is to be found at...
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Andre Lenorman--alias Didouche, a well-known gangster and car thief--retires on the coast of Portugal. He returns to Martigny, Switzerland, to bury his son killed at the main square of town. Who killed his son and why? This is what Lenorman wants. This will eventually catch up to his past.An adventure written like in the early fifties, the story is a classical dark matrix of the universe where elegant men are violent and without guilt. The streets are dark. Treason is to be found at every corner.========================================André Lenorman, alias Didouche la Classe, bandit et truand rangé des voitures, a pris sa retraite au Portugal. Il revient à Martigny pour enterrer son fils Rico, assassiné sur la Place Centrale en plein jour. Qui a tué son fils et pourquoi ? C'est ce que Lenorman vient chercher, quitte à remuer dangereusement le passé.Sans effets de manches, par une écriture à la fois nostalgique et épurée, ce texte semble surgir des années cinquante. Il est comme, la matrice de l'univers noir classique, classieux et définitif, où les hommes sont élégants, violents, les rues éternellement éclairées au néon et les trahisons évidemment mortelles.