A summer afternoon in a seaside resort. An ice-cream vendor has just been attacked with acid by a trio of teenagers. Two of the suspects, one seriously injured, are apprehended in an empty swimming pool. The third, Julien, has disappeared.

Who did what? And, beyond the question of guilt, who is responsible? In a hypothetical future where the hospital and the police have merged, inspector-oncologist Lili Stuf and her assistant put the young suspects through a battery of medical examinations and psychological tests in an attempt to piece together the sequence of events. The investigation is not made any easier by the uncanny resemblance between the two teenagers - a boy and a girl with very different characters but identical looks.

While the twists and turns continue, Julien remains nowhere to be found. Unless...

Like the readers, the investigators will be at first bewildered. But both have all the elements they need to establish the truth.

With its characteristic elliptical, three-dimensional style, EMG offers an intriguingly beautiful, multi-faceted story, as much a Hitchcock thriller as a reflection on justice.

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