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- Cadin is not just a policeman, but also a metaphorical historian or archaeologist, delving into a “lost” past in order to bring it back into the present. Out of the darkness he extracts light, his widest-ranging discovery being that authorities of all kinds are engaged in sanitising History for their own particular ends.
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Central to this technique is the device of an investigation, undertaken by an official or unofficial detective. In Meurtres pour mémoire, that character is inspector Cadin. Driven by a strong sense of justice and independently minded, he has “the knack of sticking [his] nose into all sorts of murky areas [… and] stirring things up” (p. 98).
Aug 11, 2005 · To find the connection between the murders, Daeninckx?s hero Inspector Cadin must delve into the secret history and devastating compromises of wartime politics. Murder in Memoriam is a tense and unsettling indictment of France?s hidden past.
Sep 29, 2012 · Cadin is an extremely restless guy, willing to travel hundreds of miles at the drop of a hat in pursuit of information: Daeninckx sends him back and forth to Paris several times, and even up to Brussels (where at least Cadin dines well).
- Didier Daeninckx
- Murder in Memoriam
- Novel
- 1984 (Eng. 1991)
As Daeninckx's first novel, it has a number of freshman flaws, especially in the awkward introduction of a bit of improbable love interest. On the other hand, there is some complexity of characterization, particularly in the case of Cadin and some unexpected and decidedly quirky humourous moments.
When inspector Cadin of the Toulouse prefecture learns of the unsolved murder of the young man's father, he suspects a connection. But why would anybody want to kill two bourgeois, politically unconnected history teachers?
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Apr 3, 2005 · Inspector Cadin is Daeninckx’s cop but we aren’t really given any great sense of his character; instead, it is the story that matters. The main strand of the story involves murder and complicity in genocide and is as dark as dark can be.
To find the connection between the murders, Daeninckx's hero Inspector Cadin must delve into the secret history and devastating compromises of wartime politics. Murder in Memoriam...
