induced poverty. He  then cut Auguste Le Bretons novel down to a story of a heist (which  was only a small element of the actual story). Le Breton was  infuriated and came to Dassin and asked, "Where is my book?". Dassin  explained the situation to him, but Le Breton ignored him and simply  repeated "Where is my book?" until eventually drawing a pistol and  placing it on the table as a threat. Dassin claims that the threat  of violence over such a matter and the appearance of Le Breton was  so ridiculous that he simply broke out with laughter. Le Breton then  laughed and the two got along fine, despite the disagreement.