The Erasers (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alain Robbe-Grillet
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: Probably after World War II
- Setting: An unnamed northern French city
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: France or French people, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, World War II, Assassination
- Locales: France
Characters Discussed
Wallas, a detective who arrives in a provincial city in northern France to investigate the latest in a series of political murders. He is large and in his forties, and he has shaved his mustache for this mission. His previous assignment had been the investigation of various theosophical societies. He had applied to the bureau for which he now works and had almost been refused because his forehead measures only forty-nine square centimeters instead of the fifty that the chief, Inspector Fabius, required. He has been given his first solo assignment and is to...
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