The bestseller by Virginie Despentes in an attractive gift book format (9.2 x 14.4 cm). Fits in any handbag or pocket. The first part of the successful trilogy about a failed record store owner in Paris who suddenly finds himself on the streets and has to navigate a completely different life. "The Life of Vernon Subutex" is a large-format social portrait, urban, Parisian, and political as well. Gerrit Bartels, Der Tagesspiegel.