- International Booker Prize 2018 · Shortlist · for the translation by Frank Wynne
Vernon Subutex 1
Vernon Subutex 1
Virginie Despentes (born 1969)
Translated by Frank Wynne
English editions
In EnglishVernon Subutex 1
FSG Originals · United States · 5 November 2019 · Paperback · 352 pages
Vernon Subutex 1
MacLehose Press · United Kingdom · 2017
Vernon Subutex One
MacLehose Press · United Kingdom · 2018
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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.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 396 pages in the original
- Genres
- Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- France
- Series
- Vernon Subutex, book 1
- First published
- 2015 by Grasset
- Author's age
- 46 when first published
- ISBN
9782246713517 (original)
9780857055415 (MacLehose Press, United Kingdom)
9780857055422 (MacLehose Press, United Kingdom)
9780374283247 (FSG Originals, United States)
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