Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year An Electric Review Best Book of the Year A ReadySteadyBook Best Book of the Year It''s 1999 and Emile Poulquet awaits sentencing in a Paris court for deporting thousands to almost certain death during World War II. But, haunted by ghosts from his former life, and determined to confront his dark legacy, he escapes and heads toward his beloved Finier, a rural town in the south of France where he once served as prefect. His return will have explosive consequences. By turns reflective and slyly humorous, Crawl Space poignantly describes one man''s tragic attempt to come to terms with the past.