Apocalypse baby /
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| Author / Creator: | Despentes, Virginie, 1969- author. |
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| Uniform title: | Apocalypse bébé. English |
| Edition: | First Feminist Press edition. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : The Feminist Press, 2015. ©2013 |
| Description: | 336 pages ; 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10386160 |
| Summary: | "Virginie Despentes's Apocalypse Baby kept me up several nights in a row--in part because it's a terrific page-turner, and in part because I was anxious to see how Despentes would sustain her narrative ride. Apocalypse Baby is more than a compelling punk, queerish spin on the noir genre. It is a choral performance that tumbles its readers into the heart of violent spectacle, with all its attendant grief, unease, and unclarity."--Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts <br> <br> Apocalypse Baby is a smart, fast-paced mystery about a missing adolescent girl traveling through Paris and Barcelona. She is tailed by two mismatched private investigators: the Hyena, part ruthless interrogator, part oversexed rock star, and Lucie, her plain and passive--almost to the point of invisible--sidekick. As their desperate search unfolds, they interrogate a suspicious cast of characters, and the dark heart of contemporary youth culture is exposed.<br> |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the French. |
| Physical Description: | 336 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781558618916 1558618910 9781558618848 |
