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Didier Daeninckx. Main courante. Paris. Verdier. 1994. 137 pages. 78 F.
Didier Daenincku's collection of brief episodes, based on police blotter (main courante) entries, is like a series of miniature murder mysteries, each with a surprise twist at the end. Reported factually in the first or third person in an upbeat, up-to-the-minute jargon, these anecdotes are linked by a resolute cynicism. Some of the stories are...