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. --Nell Zink, Bustle , The Best Books Of The 2010s.
These novels with their depth and detail kick TV\'s sorry ass. . .
Like the last decade, it searches for a happy ending that isn\'t merely personal and can\'t find it .
It] has dupes and assholes and racists and the people they hate and a stunning diversity of internal monologues and trans true love. . .
Virginie Despentes\'s Vernon Subutex trilogy is the zeitgeistiest thing I ever read .
Above all, he wants people to understand: NONE OF THIS IS HIS FAULT.
He wants people to stop graffitiing his apartment with ludicrous allegations.
He wants to forget he ever knew Vodka Satana.
Big-shot producer Laurent Dopalet wants the Hyena to find and destroy the Bleach tapes.
And speaking of her boss, she does not want Laurent Dopalet to discover how badly she has double-crossed him.
She wants to untangle her complicated feelings about Ana s, her boss\'s assistant.
The Hyena wants to find the Bleach tapes.
C leste wants A cha to get a grip and stop hanging around with Subutex\'s gang of disciples.
And if she finds the bastards responsible, she wants to make them pay, whatever C leste thinks of her plan.
A cha wants to know the truth behind the death of her mother, the porn star Vodka Satana.
Meanwhile, the cast of lovers and killers in Vernon\'s orbit is in violent disarray.
The hunt is on, and the wolves are closing in.
He has tapes of Alex that will shake the world.
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 hallucinating and feverish on a bench.
Rock star Alex Bleach might be dead, but he has a secret.
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
