The noir classic by Léo Malet in a revised new edition! An unillusioned outsider who becomes a crook and murderer is the main character in "Life Sucks." In this action crime novel, Malet portrays a person in wild revolt against society and against himself. The story follows a group of young rebels who, inspired by the Bonnot gang, raise money for a miners' strike. When the action turns bloody, it is condemned by the anarchist committee, and the group continues on their own terms. Trapped in a spiral of illegality and crime, their community falls apart. Envy arises, loneliness, betrayal. The hero has a life full of failures and frustrations behind him and no prospects ahead. Dreams and fantasies of love are fleeting illusions. The only way out of his life of servitude.