Le plus petit baiser jamais recensé

This whimsical and melancholic novel follows an inventor-depressive who meets a girl who disappears when kissed. After they share the smallest kiss on record, she vanishes. With the help of a retired detective and an extraordinary parrot, the inventor sets out to find the girl who "grows roses in the shell hole that serves as her heart." Will these two heartbroken lovers confront their fears to live their story? The book is a metaphorical sequel to The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, reminiscent of Amélie Poulain, The Little Prince, and a glass of whiskey.