- Did I hurt you? - No. - Are you angry with me? - No. It was the truth. At that moment, everything was true, as he was experiencing the scene in its primal state, without questioning himself, without trying to understand, without even suspecting that one day there would be something he would need to comprehend.
Not only was everything true, but everything was real: him, the room, Andre who remained lying on the messy bed, naked with her legs open and the dark pubic hair from which a stream of semen flowed. [...] Words held absolutely no significance. They spoke of the pleasure of merely speaking, just as one does after love, with the body still in excitement, the mind a little empty.
That day in the blue hotel room, Tony and Andre were talking after the sexual act. 'If I found my freedom again... would you find yours again?' Tony does not answer the question. The investigator and the psychiatrist now want to understand. To understand why Tony, after this encounter, avoided his mistress. Why he suddenly went on vacation with his wife and daughter. Why he had disappeared on the day of the tragedy.
Tony does not answer the questions but relives the months that passed after his last meeting in the blue room. 'Would you find your freedom again?' The jurors who will decide on Tony's guilt have no doubt about the answer. An unexpected Simenon where we find all the virtues that made him one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Strong plot, deep psychological profile of the characters, exemplary structure. A novel worth discovering. Rough, troubled, and incredibly modern.
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
