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Book SynopsisA literary phenomenon The Times
Despentes'' writing is intelligent, outspoken, witty, shocking, propulsive and streetwise Times Literary Supplement
THE FINAL VOLUME IN THE EPIC ROCK AND ROLL TRILOGY BY CULT AUTHOR VIRGINIE DESPENTES
Although it means leaving behind the community of disciples who have followed him on his travels and assembled at his raves and gatherings, Vernon Subutex is compelled to return to Paris to visit the dentist.
Once back in the city, he learns that Charles, his old friend from his days on the Paris streets, has died and left him half of a lottery win. But when Vernon returns to his disciples with news of this windfall, it does not take long before his followers start to turn on each other, and his good fortune provokes ruptures in his once harmonious community.
Meanwhile, storm clouds are gathering for Aïcha and Céleste: Laurent Dopalet is determined to make them pay for their attack
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Invigorating ... there isn't really anything else like it right now * Observer *
A literary phenomenon . . . [an] outrageous, often funny and frequently foul-mouthed trilogy * The Times *
Brings the story of Vernon to a sometimes bleak, often very funny and possibly optimistic conclusion * The i *
Despentes' writing is intelligent, outspoken, witty, shocking, propulsive and streetwise * Times Literary Supplement *
Raw and rewarding * New European *
Oddly magnificent * The Sunday Times *
Despentes' achievement is French realism rebooted: a modern-day Comédie humaine stacked with profanity and fury * The Times *
Either you're already onboard with this series and need no convincing, or you've somehow missed the fact that a cool French writer has been pumping out hilarious and corrosive novels about contemporary urban life at the center and fringes of Paris. Despentes writes like Armistead Maupin, but about aging Gen-Xers instead of hippies and New Agers. -- Molly Young * Vulture *
Three addictive, intelligent volumes. Comedy, a way with words, and the collision of registers of language combine to make Vernon irresistible -- RAPHAËLLE LEYRIS * Le Monde *
Reflecting our chaotic times, Vernon Subutex 3 is a powerful, shocking, captivating work. Despentes completes her epic with a rare mastery. Where will she take us next? -- BRUNO CORTY * Figaro *
A zigzagging novel that likes to let the intrigue wander, all the better to tug it back by the hair a few portraits later -- CLAIRE DEVARRIEUX * Libération *
A final volume even more explosive than the previous ones -- NELLY KAPRIÈLIAN * Les Inrockuptibles *
An analysis of a startling harshness, which does not lessen the relentless, furious humanity pulsing through every page, every sentence -- NATHALIE CROM * Télérama *
One of the most striking literary epics of the early 21st century -- MARIANNE PAYOT * L’Express *
