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Virginie Despentes
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Virginie Despentes is an award-winning author and filmmaker, and a noted French feminist and cultural critic. She is the award of many award-winning books, including King Kong Theory, Apocalypse Baby (winner of the 2010 Prix Renaudot), and Vernon Subutex (winner of the Anaïs-Nin Prize 2015, Prix Landerneau 2015, Prix La Coupole 2015). She also co-directed the screen adaptations of her controversial novels Baise-Moi and Bye Bye Blondie, as well as screenwriter for the film adaptation of her novel, Pretty Things, starring Marion Cotillard.
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Vernon Subutex
This series is for you if you're into...
- Paris music-scene nostalgia wrecked by internet-age chaos
- Scruffy antiheroes drifting through high-voltage urban spirals
- Ensemble social epics fueled by cultish followings and public fallout
Standalone Fiction
Standalone Non-fiction
King Kong Theory
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