{"product_id":"9780857055422","title":"Vernon Subutex One","description":"Author: Virginie Despentes\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857055422\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Mar 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHO IS VERNON SUBUTEX?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn urban legend.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fall from grace.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mirror who reflects us all.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVernon Subutex was once the proprietor of Revolver, an infamous music shop in Bastille. His legend spread throughout Paris. But by the 2000s his shop is struggling. With his savings gone, his unemployment benefit cut, and the friend who had been covering his rent suddenly dead, Vernon Subutex finds himself down and out on the Paris streets.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has one final card up his sleeve. Even as he holds out his hand to beg for the first time, a throwaway comment he once made on Facebook is taking the internet by storm. Vernon does not realise this, but the word is out: Vernon Subutex has in his possession the last filmed recordings of Alex Bleach, the famous musician and Vernon's benefactor, who has only just died of a drug overdose. A crowd of people from record producers to online trolls and porn stars are now on Vernon's trail.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the French by Frank Wynne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thrilling, magnificently audacious\" \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brimming with sex, violence and deviant behaviour\" \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Virginie Despentes's Vernon Subutex trilogy is the zeitgeistiest thing I ever read\" NELL ZINK\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46454565175454,"sku":"ADS-9780857055422","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780857055422.jpg?v=1769667735","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780857055422","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}