Mémoires d'un cambrioleur retiré des affaires

The narrator, a retired burglar, recounts episodes that blend practical sleuthing with atmospheric storytelling. He argues for the existence of the marvelous, describes a night-time passage through museum galleries and the watchmen who recall local legends, and launches a discreet investigation of an eccentric antique dealer whose absent-minded wealth invites suspicion. The work alternates technical detail about theft and surveillance with evocative scenes, character portraits, and reflections on motive, fate, and the uncanny.