Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s Reticence, recently translated by John Lambert, is the underrated Belgian writer’s existential take on the detective novel. On vacation with his infant son in the small village of Sasuelo, the narrator wanders the streets, avoiding visiting a writer that he is acquainted with named Biaggi, who lives just outside the town. Though he continues to entertain the possibility of visiting the Biaggis, the narrator is overcome by some inexplicable reticence:
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