In late nineteenth-century Paris, the writer Hubert is shocked to discover that Icarus, the protagonist of the new novel he's working on, has vanished. Looking for him among the manuscripts of his rivals does not solve the mystery, so a detective is hired to find the runaway character, who is now in Montparnasse, where he learns to drink absinthe and is picked up by a friendly prostitute.These hilarious adventures make Queneau's novel, presented in the form of a script and parodying various genres, one of the best literary jokes in modern literature.
- ISBN10 0714511447
- ISBN13 9780714511443
- Publish Date April 1977 (first published 17 January 1973)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 21 June 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Alma Books Ltd
- Imprint Calder Publications Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English