Une rue qui sue la misère. Chez Méhoul, deux fois assassin, se cache un autre repris de justice, Serreguemoine, qui a une fille. Noa a dix-huit ans, elle est mince et belle. La rue va l'aimer. Et trois hommes vont se la disputer...
Marcel Aymé was a French novelist, children's writer, humour writer, screenwriter and theatre playwright. His writings include The Man Who Walked Through Walls (Le Passe-Muraille), one of his most famous short stories for which there is a monument in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris.