Post-Script to Literary E-Tourism

on the rue Picpus in Paris.

Glance at the front cover of the US edition of Modiano’s novel. Can you see the street running diagonally through the background map? It is the rue Picpus.

In that same edition of the evening newspaper mentioned in the previous blog-post, Paris-soir, on page 2 is the heading: Signé Picpus. It is an instalment from a serialised novel by Georges Simenon with his famous detective, Maigret as the main character. What is the significance of Picpus for these two writers of mystery?

Looking forward to hearing your literary detective discoveries...

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