Quercus Publishing
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@2@@20@**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018**@21@@3@@2@@20@WHO IS VERNON SUBUTEX?@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@@20@An urban legend.@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@@20@A fall from grace.@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@@20@The mirror who reflects us all.@21@@3@@2@Vernon 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.@3@@2@He 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.@3@@2@@20@@18@VERNON SUBUTEX TWO@19@ IS PUBLISHED IN JULY 2018@21@@3@@2@@20@Translated from the French by Frank Wynne@21@@3@
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@2@@20@Rock star Alexandre Bleach might be dead, but he has a secret.@21@ @3@@2@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 in the parc des Buttes Chaumont.@3@@2@Aïcha wants to know the truth behind the death of her mother, Vodka Satana. And if she finds the bastards responsible, she wants to make them pay, whatever Celeste thinks of her plan.@3@@2@Celeste wants Aïcha to get a grip and stop hanging around with Subutex's gang of disciples. @3@@2@The Hyena wants to find the Bleach tapes. She wants to untangle her complicated feelings about Anaïs, her boss' assistant. And speaking of her boss, she does not want Laurent Dopalet to discover how badly she has double-crossed him.@3@@2@Laurent Dopalet wants the Hyena to find and destroy the Bleach tapes. He wants to forget he ever knew Vodka Satana. He wants people to stop graffitiing his apartment with ludicrous allegations. Above all, he wants people to understand: NONE OF THIS IS HIS FAULT.@3@@2@@20@THE SEQUEL TO @21@@20@@18@VERNON SUBUTEX@19@@21@@20@@18@ 1@19@, SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2018.@21@@3@@2@@20@Translated from the French by Frank Wynne@21@@3@
