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HTML: "An entertaining thriller ... A Very Profitable War is also noteworthy because Daeninckx doesn't just think outside the box as far as this fairly well-worn genre goes, he shatters it." . "The most controversial of contemporary French crime novelists.". "One hell of an unflinching look at war and its aftermath.". HTML:"How many detective stories have helped a country confront its past? Murder in Memoriam has certainly done that.". "Serves as a tap on the shoulder--a necessary reminder that what is dead is not buried, and what is buried is, unfortunately, not dead.". HTML:"Murder in Memoriam is the kind of book that begins to restore one's confidence in the detective story. Not only has Daeninckx produced a particularly intriguing narrative, but he has found a way to give this narrative a satisfying significance. . . A touch of moral vision and a pinch of righteous anger work wonders.". "A masterful weave of political history.". HTML:A rollicking noir set in Paris, during the anarchic days following World War One No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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I don’t read historical crime fiction much, but this book strikes me as exceptionally evocative of the industrial, residential, and political landscape of Paris after World War I. There is also, of course, lots of information about World War I since Griffon remembers his service and what he’d like to forget about, but it’s handled in an interesting way. It’s much less confusing than the war sections of Nesbø’s The Redbreast, for example. It does, however, slow down the action in the first third of the book.
Though Daeninckx has lots of sympathy for René and other war veterans, especially in a scene in a sanatorium, it strikes me that he doesn’t flesh out the rest of his characters. Irène, especially, is an idealized figure without much to do, and the villains are a bit flat. That being said, it’s an interesting and brief read with some surprises along the way despite the few things that bothered me, i.e. the female characters, Griffon’s obsession with his Packard automobile, and lots of descriptions of driving directions.
Other reviews appear in The Complete Review and Reviewing the Evidence.
Only two Daeninckx books have been translated into English, and the third, Nazis in the Metro, is scheduled for publication in February 2014.