Monsieur Monde Vanishes
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: May 8, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780141187730
First sentence: It was five o'clock in the afternoon, or a trifle after-the minute hand was leaning slightly toward the right-on January 16, when Madame Monde swept into the waiting room at the police station, bringing with her a gust of freezing air.
Notes: Penguin Modern Classics