# Romans de la nuit / Novels of the Night

Bird in a Cage

Frédéric Dard
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A man becomes entangled in a dangerous web of death and deceit in this “hallmark of classic French noir” set in 1960s Paris ( The Guardian )   Trouble is the last thing Albert needs. Traveling back to his childhood home on Christmas Eve to mourn his mother’s death, he finds the loneliness and nostalgia of his Parisian quartier unbearable. Until, that evening, he encounters a beautiful, seemingly innocent woman at a brasserie, and his spirits are lifted.   Still, something about the woman disturbs him. Where is the father of her child? And what are those two red stains on her sleeve? When she invites him back to her apartment, Albert thinks he’s in luck. But a monstrous scene awaits them, and he finds himself lured into the darkness against his better judgment.   Unravelling like a paranoid nightmare, Bird in a Cage melds existentialist drama with thrilling noir to tell the story of a man trapped in a prison of his own making.
Genres: FictionCrimeMysteryNoirFranceThrillerFrench LiteratureMystery ThrillerNovellaChristmas
123 Pages

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