Vernon Subutex One
English edition
by Virginie Despentes
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Pub Date Jun 29 2017 | Archive Date Feb 12 2018
Quercus Books | MacLehose Press
Description
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
A Note From the Publisher
PLEASE NOTE YOU ARE READING A PROOF VERSION OF THE BOOK, NOT THE FINISHED MANUSCRIPT
Advance Praise
‘Part social epic, part punk rock thriller, Vernon Subutex is a remarkable portrait of contemporary society... written with a fury that hits right to the bone’ - Christine Ferniot, Télérama
‘Vernon Subutex is a great novel because, quite simply, it disturbs you. Despentes is an extraordinary writer’ - François Busnel, Express
‘Sex, drugs and 90s punk rock: Vernon Subutex is the Comédie Humaine for our time, produced by the furious talent of Virginie Despentes’ - Laurence Houot, Culturebox
‘A masterful blending of characters, voices and plots with an undeniable sense of changing rhythms. This is not just a novel, it's an electrocardiogram’ - Etienne de Montety, Figaro
‘A mind-blowing portrait of contemporary French society’ - Nelly Kaprièlian, Les Inrocks
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780857055415 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
