Word: grandgil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Crossing Paris, the first and longest tale, is by Marcel Ayme, a deft ironist who likes to pare the French mind and character like an apple. This time, in a story which takes place during the German occupation, he cuts a little deeper. Two thugs, Martin and Grandgil, are hired by a black-marketeer to tote four valises filled with meat across the city. Grandgil, a newcomer to the racket, is supposed to take orders from Martin, but right from the start he shows a shocking lack of honor. By threatening to expose the black-marketeer, he gets...
...surprise, it turns out to be a studio hung with canvases. Grandgil, the arch-tough, is a painter. When his girl friend phones, and he tells her, "I disguised myself as a gangster . . . it's very easy, too easy," Martin turns blue-mad, says, "I know how to amuse myself with other people's work, too." and slashes a painting. When Grandgil leaps for him, he gets a knife in the belly. To the arresting police Martin says philosophically...
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