{"product_id":"vernon-subutex-three-9780857059833","title":"Vernon Subutex Three","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary phenomenon \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDespentes'' writing is intelligent, outspoken, witty, shocking, propulsive and streetwise \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FINAL VOLUME IN THE EPIC ROCK AND ROLL TRILOGY BY CULT AUTHOR VIRGINIE DESPENTES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, storm clouds are gathering for Aïcha and Céleste: Laurent Dopalet is determined to make them pay for their attack \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvigorating \u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003ethere isn't really anything else like it right now\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary phenomenon . . . [an] outrageous, often funny and frequently foul-mouthed trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eBrings the story of Vernon to a \u003cb\u003esometimes bleak, often very funny \u003c\/b\u003eand possibly optimistic conclusion * The i *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDespentes' writing is intelligent, outspoken, witty, shocking, propulsive and streetwise\u003c\/b\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaw and rewarding\u003c\/b\u003e * New European *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOddly magnificent\u003c\/b\u003e * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eDespentes' achievement is \u003cb\u003eFrench realism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erebooted\u003c\/b\u003e: a modern-day \u003ci\u003eComédie humaine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003estacked with profanity and fury\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eEither 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 \u003cb\u003ehilarious and corrosive\u003c\/b\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree addictive, intelligent volumes\u003c\/b\u003e. Comedy, a way with words, and the collision of registers of language combine to make \u003ci\u003eVernon\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eirresistible\u003c\/b\u003e -- RAPHAËLLE LEYRIS * Le Monde *\u003cbr\u003eReflecting our chaotic times, \u003ci\u003eVernon Subutex 3\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea powerful, shocking, captivating work\u003c\/b\u003e. Despentes completes her epic with a rare mastery. Where will she take us next? -- BRUNO CORTY * Figaro *\u003cbr\u003eA 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 *\u003cbr\u003eA final volume \u003cb\u003eeven more explosive\u003c\/b\u003e than the previous ones -- NELLY KAPRIÈLIAN * Les Inrockuptibles *\u003cbr\u003eAn analysis of a startling harshness, which does not lessen the \u003cb\u003erelentless, furious humanity pulsing through every page, every sentence\u003c\/b\u003e -- NATHALIE CROM * Télérama *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the \u003cb\u003emost striking literary epics\u003c\/b\u003e of the early 21st century -- MARIANNE PAYOT * L’Express *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737641103703,"sku":"9780857059833","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857059833.jpg?v=1723811334","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vernon-subutex-three-9780857059833","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}