Guignol's Band

C-ne-s third novel, first published in 1944 but dealing with events taking place during the First World War, Guignol-s Band follows the narrator-s meanderings through London after he has been demobilized due to a war injury. The result is a frank, uncompromising, yet grotesquely funny portrayal of the English capital-s seedy underworld, peopled by prostitutes, pimps and schemers.Often considered to be C-ne-s funniest work, Guignol-s Band showcases its author-s idiosyncratic style at its finest, frantically blending slang, invective, onomatopoeia with literary language, and bridging the gap between gritty realism and absurd mysticism.