Word: donadieu
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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Every week, the good citizens of La Rochelle saw the respected Donadieu family march in stately procession to Holy Mass, led by Grand Old Man Oscar Donadieu, La Rochelle's eminent shipping magnate. Every week, old Donadieu's youngest daughter, Martine, stealthily opened her bedroom window and admitted her handsome lover, Philippe, La Rochelle's most unscrupulous Casanova...
When father Donadieu began to suspect his daughter's romance, he roared: "If that young ruffian has the nerve to set foot in this house . .I'll throw him out head foremost." Soon after, old Donadieu's water-logged corpse was found under a pier. The villagers wondered: did he fall or was he pushed? Old man Donadieu is merely the first ill-fated character in Author Simenon's latest book - which traces the decline and fall of the bereft Donadieu family through 371 hard-breathing pages. By the time Author Simenon dusts his hands...
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