Inspired by the novels of Maurice Leblanc, Marta Palazzesi imagines the gentleman burglar Arsène Lupine and his eternal rival, Inspector Justin Ganimard, at 14 years old. “We were the same age, but we couldn’t have been more different: me, skinny and dark, him, massive and blond. A young thief and an aspiring police officer. Day and night, in short. »After a prologue with Dickensian accents, where we discover the future master of disguise in an infamous orphanage, the author takes the action to the lowlands of Paris, during the Universal Exhibition of 1889. At the discretion of ‘a well-crafted plot, where we meet tough guys and intrepid girls, the endearing Lupine and Ganimard pursue Master Mustache, a vile character exploiting orphans to commit his crimes. If the young reader will savor the twists and the descriptions of Paris during the Belle Époque, he risks losing his way in front of the references to the French Revolution and the history of the queen’s necklace.
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