The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier who quickly uncovers the reason

who quickly uncovers the reason behind Room 622's erasure: an unsolved murder

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But soon he finds that such mask is more than a disguise: it is an alternate self - a self that is capable of anything

Rodrigues begins to question the true meaning of compassion - and the limits of his own belief

from cells of rabbits and dolphins

The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier who quickly uncovers the reasonBuried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his familys farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbour, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wifes fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlets quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar car