Its protagonist tries to convince Commissioner Laurent that the central death wasn't a suicide, before interrogating the shady gynecologist Dr. Guard, who won't produce a body.
In this novel, a drunk man in a café repeatedly badgers people to answer variations on the riddle that the Sphinx asked Oedipus. In this novel's prologue, a man gets absorbed in examining a cube of gray lava on a desk, and crucially neglects to turn off the light in the study. A woman in this novel looked out her window and saw a man in a raincoat clipping the bell-line on the gate of a house surrounded by spindle trees on the Rue des Arpenteurs. While trying to blend in with his surroundings, the protagonist of this novel frequently imagines the disguises that would be worn by his boss, the (*) spymaster Fabius. Its protagonist tries to convince Commissioner Laurent that the central death wasn't a suicide, before interrogating the shady gynecologist Dr. Guard, who won't produce a body. For 10 points, secret agent Wallas tries to solve the murder of Daniel Dupont in what first novel by Alain Robbe-Grillet?
In this novel, a drunk man in a café repeatedly badgers people to answer variations on the riddle that the Sphinx asked Oedipus.
The Erasers [or Les gommes]