There is an overwhelming proud of being Breton and of the Breton history. I think I don’t need to mention that he is always at war with his mobile.ĭupin learns that Brittany and the Bretons are special. … and he is lost without his reliable PA, who clarifies anything and cares about anything. He frequently gets speed tickets for driving too fast – without any consequences. espressos (French way)) and the thrill of speed. There are some fundamental resources without Dupin cannot work: coffee (i. All the rest of the work will be left for his team – especially all the administrative overload. He always starts scribbling notes in an ordinary copybook when starting to investigate – and then suddenly he knows what it is all about when scanning his notes. Of course there is his team and Dupin has always lots of tasks for his inspectors as well as his PA, however, he solves his cases more single-handedly. I don’t think I’d have to mention that he is always bored as long as there is no murder mystery to be solved.ĭupin works and investigates his very own way. Also he isn’t considerate of any powerful civil servants, influential politicians, rich entrepreneurs – like it was in Paris which finally pitchforked him to Brittany. Well, yes … as soon as a corpse turns up Dupin will work incessantly, from morning into the night, he is in 24/7 mode – and even forgets to eat sometimes. Finally he starts a relationship with a physician, a surgeon specialized in operating hearts, and they eventually end up in a shared home.ĭoes this sound like the life of a workaholic?
He discovers the cuisine of Brittany and is thrilled – even by seafood. He is in his 40s now, has got a fine team of inspectors and a jewel of PA enabling him to solve all these complicated murders along Brittany’s peaceful shore and in its villages. I don’t think he was unhappy about his transfer in this rural backwater. From his roots in a wealthy family, a respected Parisian family, he was certainly on some sort of fast track into the heaven of police administration in Paris, however: was he really ever interested in this career? Georges Dupin was sent from Paris to Brittany after some “incident” he had a rough encounter with powerful people – it’s not worth mentioning more about it.