Paris Nocturne

Patrick Modiano · 2003 CE · Novel · French · Contemporary

A young man is knocked down by a car on a Paris night, and afterward searches for the woman who was driving. His search echoes a childhood accident that he has half forgotten. It is a compact Modiano investigation in which the detective is also the missing person.

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