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Just thirty, with a well-paid job, depression and no love life, the narrator and anti-hero par excellence of this grim, funny and clever novel smokes four packs of cigarettes a day and writes weird animal stories in his spare time. A computer programmer by day, he is tolerably content, until,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Catherine Lechardoy: employee of the Ministry of Agriculture
- Véronique: secretary in the Assemblée Nationale, ex girlfriend of the main character
- Raphael Tisserand: Add a description of this character.
- Gérard Leverrier: administrator in the Assemblée Nationale, worked with Véronique, committed suicide
- Jean-Yves Fréhaut: retiree from the company where the main character is working
- Henry La Brette: immediate superior of the main character
- Bernard: co-worker if the main character
- Patrick Leroy
- Jean-Pierre Buvet: priest, friend of the main character
- Norbert Lejailly
- Louis Lindon: employee of the Ministry of Agriculture
- Thomassen
- Doctor Népote: psychiatrist
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First Sentence edit
Friday evening I was invited to a party at a colleague from work's house.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 122 of 1271 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Folding Star, and followed by Land.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michel Houellebecq (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Paul Hammond (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Country: England
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 1852425849
Page Count: 160
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Country: England
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 1852425849
Page Count: 160
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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