Translated from the French by Alan Russell. \'In his new novel Gil Buhet is equally amusing but has added a grimmer element and more than a touch of mystery. The period is 1945 France, and the story is related by a young author who during the war has, perforce, been employed in a publishing firm at Lyons run by an unscrupulous but somewhat endearing rogue of the type that flourishes under all conditions. In the course of his duties as literary manager the young author reads a manuscript submitted by a personable young woman who signs herself \'Marjolaine\'. It is an unfinished novel presenting a triangular situation caused by the return to Occupied France of a prisoner-of-war who was believed to be dead. Is it--as it seems to be--a real-life story?\'The book itself is clean and well kept, with a plastic cover to protect the sleeve. The spine is strong.