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Missing Person
Missing Person | Patrick Modiano, Daniel Weissbort
"For ten years Guy Roland has lived without a past. His current life and name were given to him by his recently retired boss, Hutte, who welcomed him, a one-time client, into his detective agency. Guy makes full use of Hutte's files - directories, yearbooks, and papers of all kinds going back half a century - but leads to his former life are few. Could he really be that person in a photograph, a young man remembered by some as a South American attache? Or was he someone else, perhaps the disappeared scion of a prominent local family? He interviews strangers and is tantalized by half-clues until, at last, he grasps a thread that leads him through the maze of his own repressed experience." "On one level Missing Person is a detective thriller, a 1950s film noir mix of smoky cafes, illegal passports, and insubstantial figures crossing bridges in the fog. On another level, it is also a haunting meditation on the nature of the self."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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RobinGustafson
Missing Person | Patrick Modiano, Daniel Weissbort
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Reading Patti Smith has led me to Patrick Modiano #currentlyreading

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Menekaginia
Missing Person | Patrick Modiano, Daniel Weissbort
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Imagine having no idea of your real name or past and searching blindly for clues, hoping to find someone who that recognizes you 🕵

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Missing Person | Patrick Modiano, Daniel Weissbort
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This is an odd little book. Very quickly I realized this was one of those mysteries that wouldn't be resolved. Surprisingly, when I reached the end, I wasn't annoyed, upset, or disappointed. Somehow, I still rather enjoyed it and not quite sure why. Now, I'm intrigued to read more of Modiano to see if he can do it again. Anyone know his work and have suggestions?

LauraBrook I've seen his books around for quite awhile and always been curious myself. Will be keeping my eyes on this space to see what others say. Glad you liked it! 8y
MrBook Interesting... 8y
mhillis I read Paris Nocturne and Suspended Sentences. Enjoyed them both. I haven't read this one yet though!! 8y
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