Little Albert Gachot had only one modest ambition in life. That was to own his own men’s accessories store. Finally settling in Marseille, France, his only chance to fulfill his dream is to borrow money from The Little Duck, the local underworld chief. The two men become improbable friends until circumstances draw our poor bow tie man into a fateful trap. J. Hayes Hurley is the author of twenty-nine novels, including Those Brownsville Blues, Motion and Rest, and Twenty-four Days Under Another Sun. As well, he holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Yale University.