Among the residents who live around a certain courtyard in Paris is Albert Faria, an aging writer who relates for a weekly magazine the exploits of Henry James, adventurer and bandit. Above him lives little Albert, whose hero is Henry James. Albert lives with his mother, Jeanne, who takes singing lessons from Leon, who lives across from her. Every Sunday, they are visited by a hawker, clad in red and white, whose name is Luigi Martini. There is also a third-floor neighbor, a somewhat unstable character who often changes his job. One day, having become a postman, he brings letters which change the course of the story. Winner of the Prix Georges Sadoul.