The torments of the misshapen giant Polza Mancini and those of his victims are juxtaposed at the end of the journey: years after Mancini's interrogation, Manu Larcenet has the two police officers recount their investigations to a television crew, thereby turning the reader's impressions and expectations upside down. Like a puzzle, the individual pieces of the narrative come together to form a cohesive whole, hinting at Polza Mancini's abyssal soul.