The story is based on Céline's escape from France to Denmark after the invasion of Normandy, after he had been associated with the Vichy regime.

[1] It was also adapted into the 2015 graphic novel La Cavale du Dr Destouches by Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi, along with Céline's other novels North and Castle to Castle.

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