Vernon Subutex One - the International Booker-shortlisted cult novel (Paperback)

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018** WHO IS VERNON SUBUTEX? An urban legend. A fall from grace. The mirror who reflects us all. Vernon Subutex was once the proprietor of Revolver, an infamous music shop in Bastille. His legend spread throughout Paris. But by the 2000s his shop is struggling. With his savings gone, his unemployment benefit cut, and the friend who had been covering his rent suddenly dead, Vernon Subutex finds himself down and out on the Paris streets. He has one final card up his sleeve. Even as he holds out his hand to beg for the first time, a throwaway comment he once made on Facebook is taking the internet by storm. Vernon does not realise this, but the word is out: Vernon Subutex has in his possession the last filmed recordings of Alex Bleach, the famous musician and Vernon's benefactor, who has only just died of a drug overdose. A crowd of people from record producers to online trolls and porn stars are now on Vernon's trail. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne "Thrilling, magnificently audacious" Irish Times "Brimming with sex, violence and deviant behaviour" Sunday Times "Virginie Despentes's Vernon Subutex trilogy is the zeitgeistiest thing I ever read" NELL ZINK

General

Imprint:	MacLehose Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2018
Authors:	Virginie Despentes
Translators:	Frank Wynne
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	351
ISBN-13:	978-0-85705-542-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Homelessness Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Indie Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Indie Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	0-85705-542-9
Barcode:	9780857055422

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