It is about the writing of the novel Frankenstein and focuses on John William Polidori, Lord Byron's personal physician, who is embittered and claims that Mary Shelley stole his ideas.
[1] The book was published in French by Éditions P.O.L [fr] in 1984 and in English translation in 1990.
Publishers Weekly called it "allusive and contrived" and wrote that it "will appeal most to readers concerned with narrative as a puzzle and a process".
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