Virginie Despentes

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• Vernon Subutex 1

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  International Booker 2018 · Shortlist

  Vernon Subutex 1

  Vernon Subutex 1

  Virginie Despentes · 46 when first published

  Novel · 396 pages · Satire · Vernon Subutex, book 1

  Translated by Frank Wynne

  AIAI-generated summary:Vernon Subutex, a former record-shop owner adrift in Paris, loses his flat after his last benefactor, a rock star, dies of an overdose, and drifts from couch to couch, unaware that people are looking for him.

• Apocalypse bébé

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  Goncourt 2010 · Shortlist

  Apocalypse Baby

  Apocalypse bébé

  Virginie Despentes · 41 when first published

  Novel · 342 pages · Crime, Satire

  AIAI-generated summary:Valentine, a lost teenager, has disappeared. Between Paris and Barcelona, the people who knew her cross paths, and it is not clear who is really looking for her.