Virginie Despentes

• Apr-2003
• / Literary
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“A sticky, smashed, sweaty, laughing too loud, broken teeth, drunker than drunk adventure” from the filmmaker and author of the Vernon Subutex novels (Bust Magazine).Baise-Moi is one of the most controversial French novels of recent years, a...

• Jul-2010
• / General Fiction
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With humor, rage, and confessional detail, Virginie Despentes� -- in her own words �"more King Kong than Kate Moss”� -- delivers a highly charged account of women’s lives today. She explodes common attitudes about sex and gender, and shows how mo...

• Jun-2013
• / General Fiction
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The filmmaker and author of the Vernon Subutex trilogy delivers “a terrific page-turner . . . a compelling punk, queerish spin on the noir genre” (Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts).Apocalypse Baby is a smart, fast-paced myste...

• Jul-2016
• / Contemporary Romance
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In a wrecked modern version of a romance novel, acclaimed French writer Virginie Despentes pokes at the simultaneous ecstasy and banality of love in an age of psychiatry and punk.   Gloria lives in seething rage, lashing out at everyone -- parti...

• Mar-2018
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• Jul-2018
• / General Fiction
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Rock star Alexandre Bleach might be dead, but he has a secret. It's a secret that concerns several people, but the only person who can unlock it is Vernon Subutex, former record shop proprietor turned homeless messiah and guru, last seen hallucina...

• Aug-2018
• / Women's Fiction
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A pulpy tale of mismatched twins struggling to embody the perfect woman: "Effortlessly cool and slyly spiky, Despentes probes the dynamics of fame, beauty, and female competition, putting her finger on the pulse of what it’s like to wear the daily ...

• Nov-2019
• / Literary
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From the provocative writer and filmmaker Virginie Despentes comes volume one of her acclaimed trilogy of novels, Vernon Subutex―short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize. But who is Vernon Subutex? Vernon Subutex was once the propriet...

• Jul-2020
• / Literary
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Part social epic, part punk-rock thriller, writer/filmmaker Virginie Despentes’s Vernon Subutex trilogy continues the Man Booker International Prize shortlisted sprawling tale of an ex-record shop clerk’s celebrity fortunes and misfortunes. Ro...

• Jul-2020
• / General Fiction
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Although 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.Once back in the city, he learns that Char...

• May-2021
• / Literary
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Paris may burn, the world may crumble, but Vernon Subutex shall reign supreme! -- The final installment of writer/filmmaker Virginie Despentes’s Man Booker International Prize shortlisted punk-rock trilogy. The basis for the TV series of the same ...

• Sep-2024
• / Literary
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A New Yorker best book of 2024 so far | A Financial Times Best Translated Book of 2024Library Science September book club pick | A Vulture most anticipated book of the fallOne of The New York Times’ 24 works of fiction to read this fall | A Gu...