The book by French literary scholar Pierre Bayard is an original investigation dedicated to Shakespeare’s tragedy, *Hamlet*. The author offers a fresh perspective on this classic work, analyzing it from the standpoint of a detective investigation and a psychoanalytic approach. Bayard examines the problem of communication between the play’s characters, focusing on the “dialogue of the deaf” that frequently occurs among them. By exploring Shakespeare’s text, the author calls traditional interpretations into question and offers the reader a new perspective on the motives driving the main characters’ actions. This book will appeal both to literary scholars and to the general readership interested in classic literature and its modern interpretation.