Re: RARA-AVIS: Leo Malet

From: William Denton ( buff@pobox.com)
Date: 04 Aug 2003


On 4 August 2003, Etienne Borgers wrote:

: In his series "The New Mysteries of Paris" (15 volumes) each book is a
: Burma investigation taking mainly place in one of the Paris'
: Arrondissements (=districts). In these novels Malet often explain
: briefly -through Burma's voice- some typical events of the past which
: took place in the district. His choice for these events, or curios, are
: never done without intentions.

I've read two or three of these, and liked them a lot. A French fellow I know explained the spiral layout of Paris to me, the character and background of the arrondissements, and his experiences in the city, and now I want to go back and reread them. Location is sometimes unimportant, but in a case like this, the more you know, the better. My acquaintance had read some Malet books too, and explained why certain murders took place in certain places. Fascinating stuff.

Bill

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