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In late-nineteenth-century Paris, the writer Hubert is shocked to discover that Icarus, the protagonist of the new novel he’s working on, has vanished. Looking for him among the manuscripts of his rivals does not solve the mystery, so a detective is hired to find the runaway character, who is now in Montparnasse, where he learns to drink absinthe and is picked up by a friendly prostitute.

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The Flight of Icarus

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    A Paperback / softback by Raymond Queneau, Barbara Wright

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      Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 04/07/2017
      ISBN13: 9781847497116, 978-1847497116
      ISBN10: 184749711X
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      Book Synopsis
      In late-nineteenth-century Paris, the writer Hubert is shocked to discover that Icarus, the protagonist of the new novel he’s working on, has vanished. Looking for him among the manuscripts of his rivals does not solve the mystery, so a detective is hired to find the runaway character, who is now in Montparnasse, where he learns to drink absinthe and is picked up by a friendly prostitute.

      Trade Review
      One of the most prodigiously gifted and influential French writers. The Irish Times

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