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Dalbrèque

A cinema actor turned car thief and suspected murderer, whose trail of stolen vehicles and abducted women pulls Rénine and Hortense into a chase across Normandy.

supporting

Also known as Georges, Georges Dalbrèque

First appearance: i on the top of the tower

As a supporting figure in The Eight Strokes of the Clock, Dalbrèque is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Rose's lover, wanted for killing a jeweler and stealing a car, works as a woodcutter, is wounded and captured, then hidden by Rénine in the car.
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Dalbrèque is wanted for robbing a film company's garage and for a jeweller's murder the year before, and now a woman has vanished from Le Havre in his company. What makes him unsettling is the theatrical logic of his…

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6 connections

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PRPrince RénineRARose AndréeHDHortense DanielHEHermanceADAdolpheDADalbrèque

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Murder and theater suspects
  • Protagonist
  • De Gorne household staff

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SetupBreaking pointAftermathClimax
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  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Dalbrèque in i on the top of the tower