This novel's cover is smaller than the pages and plenty of codes and a confusing index are present in most editions.
One character in this novel repeats a series of French female names which are actually the seven French defensive positions at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. That character often corresponds with his institutionalized mother Pelafina H. Lièvre, simply known by the letter P. This novel was expanded from a short story linking the disappearance of cats to the actions of a mysterious Redwood. Contradictory references to the "Five and a Half Minute Hallway" abound in this novel, which is the companion to its author's novella The (*) Whalestoe Letters. A fictional study of a documentary, the Navidson Record, is written by the blind Zampanò, who is studied by the parlor employee Johnny Truant. This novel's cover is smaller than the pages and plenty of codes and a confusing index are present in most editions. For 10 points, identify this academic satire, the magnum opus of Mark Z. Danielewski.
One character in this novel repeats a series of French female names which are actually the seven French defensive positions at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
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