La Poupée Sanglante

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I've been re-watching La Poupée Sanglante; I was rather disturbed to discover that there is apparently a recent English edition of Leroux's book in which the translator is under the impression that Bénédict Masson is a mass-murderer and the entire first part of the story is the confession of an unreliable narrator... I mean, while I can see that you *could* come away with that impression after only reading half the story (although I certainly didn't) the fact that Bénédict is innocent is pretty much one of the pivotal points of the overall plot, so the publisher really shouldn't be issuing explanatory notes based on a misconception and flatly contradicted by the subsequent dénouement of the novel :-(