In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate.

Georges Duhamel (June 30 1884 – April 13 1966) was a French author born in Paris. In 1920 he publiGeorges Duhameld Confession de minuit (ISBN 2-7152-1793-5) the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin.