Vernon Subutex Three

Vernon Subutex is forced to return to Paris to visit the dentist and learns that Charles has left him half of a lottery win. However, his followers turn on each other, and his good fortune provokes ruptures in his community. Storm clouds are gathering for Aïcha and Céleste, and Laurent Dopalet is determined to make them pay for their attack on him.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2021
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

A literary phenomenon, The Times praises Virginie Despentes' writing as intelligent, outspoken, witty, shocking, propulsive, and streetwise. Times Literary Supplement describes the final volume in the epic rock and roll trilogy as "a masterpiece of contemporary fiction."

Although it means parting ways with the community of disciples who have followed him on his travels and gathered 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 Charles, his old friend from his days on the Paris streets, has died and left him half of a lottery win. However, when Vernon returns to his disciples with news of this windfall, it does not take long before his followers start to turn on each other, and his good fortune provokes ruptures in his once harmonious community.

Meanwhile, storm clouds are gathering for Aïcha and Céleste: Laurent Dopalet is determined to make them pay for their attack on him, whatever it takes, and whoever gets hurt.

And before long, the whole of Paris will be reeling in the wake of the terrorist atrocities of 2015 and 2016, and all the characters in this kaleidoscopic portrait of a city will be forced to a reckoning with each other.

Translated from the French by Frank Wynne, this novel is a must-read for anyone who loves literature and is interested in exploring the darker side of human nature.

Weight: 256g
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780857059833