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Henri Robin, a special agent of the French secret service, enters Berlin in 1949 on a confidential mission. He arrives with false identity papers, a mustache, and a bushel of ambiguity, only to encounter a disturbing double of himself. As Robin navigates the city, the narrative unfolds through shooting, kidnapping, encounters with pimps and teenage prostitutes, druggings, police interrogations, and torture. A mysterious interlocutor continually questions the truth of Robin’s own story, forcing him to revisit vague memories of a childhood trip to Berlin with his mother. The result is a dream‑like sequence where present and past intertwine, echoing themes of Proustian memory and Oedipal ambiguity. The reader ultimately questions which memories belong to whom—and who, in the end, is Henri Robin.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Alain Robbe-Grillet
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