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Daeninckx is apparently a very prolific mystery writer in his native France, and this book won the "Grand Prix de littérature policière" in 1984. Unfortunately for the non-French reader, much of it depends on a knowledge of--or at least a strong interest in--domestic French politics and infighting following WWII. I had originally picked this up because I had liked another of his books in translation, A Very Profitable War, and this one revolves around a murder that takes place during pro-Algeria
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