Head-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne a disconcerting short novel from an author currently being re-evaluated in France. Perhaps a fable, perhaps a love story of enormous tenderness, or it may be a sequence of ever more unpleasant events that culminate in horror and atrocity. It all depends on your point of view. The central event in this narrative cannot be revealed here, but its sheer implausible reality is utterly convincing and the effect is unforgettable. Some readers may come to wish that that was not the case.