'Not only are we no longer capable of seeing the tragedies that have befallen us, we are incapable even of registering our own incapacity to do so ... [but] Duteurtre sees, and records all that he sees.' Milan Kundera 'A joy to read, as much as it is alarming.' Le Monde 'Both funny and unsettling'. Chicago Reader 'The book goes down strong and bitter, leaving behind a craving for more.' Village Voice 'A fascinating...fable of the terrifying power of public opinion.' Bookslut
A death-row inmate becomes a darling of the media (and the tobacco conglomerates) when he demands his right to a final cigarette in a smoke-free prison. Meanwhile, a little girl accuses a petty bureaucrat of sexual perversion when she catches him sneaking a cigarette. In this world where children rule tyrannically, a cigarette could lead him to the electric chair ...Young French author, Benoit Duteurtre, creates a world disconcertingly close to our own, yet wildly askew in this daring and antic comedy.
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