In late nineteenth-century Paris, the writer Hubert is shocked to discover that Icarus, the protagonist of the new novel he's working on, has vanished. Looking for him among the manuscripts of his rivals does not solve the mystery, so a detective is hired to find the runaway character, who is now in Montparnasse, where he learns to drink absinthe and is picked up by a friendly prostitute.These hilarious adventures make Queneau's novel, presented in the form of a script and parodying various genres, one of the best literary jokes in modern literature.
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Raymond Queneau (1903-1976). Escritor y poeta, a finales de los años veinte se adhiere al surrealismo y a las ideas del grupo de artistas que gravitaba alrededor de Breton. Progresivamente, se va alejando de esa influencia y en 1960 funda el movimiento experimental OuLiPo (Obrador de Literatura Potencial). Entre sus obras, caracterizadas por un humor refinado y sutiles inventos estructurales, destacan Odile, Zazie en el metro, Flores azules y Ejercicios de estilo.