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The Little Girl and the Cigarette

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A wicked satire about the chaos that results when there's a rule for everything.In the over-legislated world of this outrageous black comedy, a death-row inmate becomes a darling of the media-- and the tobacco conglomerates--after he demands his right to a final cigarette . . . in a smoke-free prison. Meanwhile, a little girl accuses a petty municipal bureaucrat of sexual perversion when she catches him sneaking a cigarette. Incredulously, he realizes that in this world where children are not just kings, but tyrants, a cigarette could lead him to the electric chair.At the cutting edge of European fiction, controversial author Benoît Duteurtre creates a world wildly askew, yet disconcertingly close to our own, in this daring, antic satire.

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The Little Girl and the Cigarette, Benoît Duteurtre

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Année de publication
2006
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(souple),
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10,99 €

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Titre
The Little Girl and the Cigarette
Langue
Anglais
Publié
2006
Format
souple
Pages
187
ISBN10
1933633123
ISBN13
9781933633121
Séries
Première publication
2005
Titre original
La petite fille et la cigarette
Évaluation
4,1 sur 5
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A wicked satire about the chaos that results when there's a rule for everything.In the over-legislated world of this outrageous black comedy, a death-row inmate becomes a darling of the media-- and the tobacco conglomerates--after he demands his right to a final cigarette . . . in a smoke-free prison. Meanwhile, a little girl accuses a petty municipal bureaucrat of sexual perversion when she catches him sneaking a cigarette. Incredulously, he realizes that in this world where children are not just kings, but tyrants, a cigarette could lead him to the electric chair.At the cutting edge of European fiction, controversial author Benoît Duteurtre creates a world wildly askew, yet disconcertingly close to our own, in this daring, antic satire.