An Overcoat: Scenes from the Afterlife of H.B.

Used paperback in Very Good condition. In June 1819 Henri Beyle (aka Stendhal) is rejected by the woman he loves. But quitting is not an option, and Beyle finds himself stranded in an afterlife populated by tourists, shoplifters, characters in novels he hasn't yet written and impostors who have stolen his pseudonyms. In love, thwarted, ridiculous the wind has changed direction and he is stuck here for ever.