Not a clue = Certainement pas : a novel / Chloé Delaume ; translated and with an introduction by Dawn M. Cornelio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delaume, Chloé, author.

Contributor:

Cornelio, Dawn M., translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill--Fiction.

Mentally ill.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]

Summary:

In this life-size game of Clue, six psychiatric patients inParis's Saint Anne's Hospital are suspects in the murder of Dr. Black. Though Not a Clue tells the stories of these possible assassins, theirlives, and what has brought them to the hospital, the true focus of ChloéDelaume's intense and tumultuous novel is not merely to discoverthe identity of the murderer.Rather, bycleverly combining humor with the day-to-day effects of life's unrelenting compromises, Not a Clue is an astutecommentary on the current state of literary production and consumption. Masterfully juggling an omniscient narratrix, an accusing murder victim, at least six possible suspects as well as their psychiatrists, and a writer who intervenes by refusing to intervene, Delaume uses the characters, weapons, and rooms of the board game Clue to challenge-sometimes violently, sometimes playfully-the norms of typography, syntax, and narrative conventions.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction by Dawn M. Cornelio

Studio

First Officer

Miss Scarlet

Miss Scarlet in the Kitchen

Miss Scarlet in the Kitchen with the Monkey Wrench

Study (Reload)

Professor Plum

Professor Plum in the Ballroom

Professor Plum in the Ballroom with the Candlestick

Second Officer

Gardens

Mrs. White

Mrs. White in the Lounge

Mrs. White in the Lounge with the Lead Pipe

Hall

Third Officer

Dining Room

Fourth Officer

Colonel Mustard

Colonel Mustard in the Billiard Room

Colonel Mustard in the Billiard Room with the Revolver

Passageway(s)

Fifth Officer

Mrs. Peacock

Mrs. Peacock in the Library

Mrs. Peacock in the Library with the Rope

Swamp

Sixth Officer

Mr. Green

Mr. Green in the Conservatory

Endgame.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496212962

1496212967

9781496212986

1496212983

OCLC:

1077769974