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Word: dutilleul (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Walker-Through-Watts a meek, middle-aged government clerk named Dutilleul fumbles for the light switch in his apartment one evening and finds himself in the vestibule outside. Hypnotically, he walks right back through the wall into his flat. He soon puts his strange talent to use in bank vaults and jewelry shops, signs himself "The Werewolf." When the Werewolf is captured by the police, he simply evaporates through the thick prison walls. But Dutilleul's powers desert him one night in mid-wall at his mistress' home, and passing Parisians take his walled-up cries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pain, Joy & Wonder | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

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