The Little Reflection (French edition) by Robert Giraud

With The Little Reflection, , Robert Giraud plunges us into a Paris underworld, the one of dark alleys, sticky bar counters, and friendships forged through hardships. This noir novel, originally published in 1961 at or among Denoël, is reissued by Le Dilettante, giving a second life to this urban fresco where the words are as sharp as the fates that play out there.

The story follows five companions, inseparable and attached like grape seeds at the table of their favorite pub, The Good Trellis. They are there, always the same:

• Bouboule, the brain of the group, a sharp mind for reflection,
• The Tenaille, the spirited youngster,
• The Pain, truck driver with a tormented soul,
• The Penguin, marked by life and his nickname,
• Robert, said Robert, the enigmatic and pivotal figure of the group.

Everything changes when a well-executed plan by the Seine turns into a disaster. Robert gets caught, and the pack scatters, each trying to save their own skin. Between betrayals, , remorse and desperate leaks, the masks fall. Who snitched? Who has to pay ? In this universe where loyalty is a rare currency, the tension is at its peak.

But The Little Reflection is not just a simple gangster novel. It is above all a Declaration of love in Paris, a tribute to the City of Light in its shadowy areas. Robert Giraud, like Léo Malet, , Mac Orlan or Pierre Mac Orlan, captures the essence of the capital. We feel the wet cobblestones, on inhale the scent of the cafés, on hears the echoes of a city that comes alive at night as much as the day.

Giraud's prose is a poetic flamboyance, a sound and visual mural where each word resonates like a jazz note played under a streetlamp. This text is a urban herbarium, a travel journal in a bygone Paris, but never forgotten. It evokes the wanderings of a Léon-Paul Fargue, of a Jacques Yonnet, or even of a Henri Calet.

To accompany this reading, Olivier Bailly signs a precise and enlightening foreword., a true guide at the heart of this labyrinthine city where paths cross thieves, scoundrels, and lost souls.

📖 A novel to discover for all lovers of noir literature, Paris, and thwarted destinies.

Item features:

• Title: The Little Reflection
• Author: Robert Giraud
• Editor: Le Dilettante
• Collection: THE DILETTANTE
• Format: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 18 x 12 x 1.4 cm
• Weight: 180 g
• Publication date: October 12, 2016
• EAN13: 9782842638672
• ISBN: 978-2-84263-867-2