L'envers du masque

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Overview:

Title: L'envers du masque
Author: Kurt Steiner
Year: 1957
Publisher: Fleuve Noir
Price: F225
Pages: 219
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: L'envers du masque
Notes:
- Price indicated as "FRS : 225", i.e. in "old francs" (in use in France until 1959).
- No ISBN.
- No art credit, but Michel Gourdon is well known for having illustrated the covers of the "Angoisse" series, and his signature is clearly visible. Note that while part of the story deals with the Assyrian empire under Sargon II (8th century B.C.), the cuneiform signs Gourdon reproduced on the cover are clearly Sumerian (monumental archaic style, third millenium BC).