Lafcadio's Adventures A Novel Author:Andre Gide The action of *Lafcadio's Adventures* passes not only in Rome and Paris but wanders through numerous capitals of Europe, and involves saints, adventurers, pickpockets, and--Lafcadio Wliuki. Gide's preoccupation with the idea of the unmotivated crime here achieves its most extended treatment, and Lafcadio--one of the most original creations in al... more »l modern fiction--is the instrument of the crime.