The 7th Function of Language by Laurent Binet
Roland Barthes, one of the twentieth-centurys towering literary figures, is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. Police Captain Jacques Bayard and his reluctant accomplice Simon Herzog set off on a global chase that takes them from the corridors of power and academia to backstreet saunas and midnight rendezvous.
Establishes Laurent Binet as the clear heir to the late Umberto Eco, writing novels that are both brilliant and playful, dense with ideas while never losing sight of their need to entertain.. One of the funniest, most riotously inventive and enjoyable novels you’ll read this year -- Alex Preston * Observer *
A hugely entertaining novel, taking delight in its own twists and turns -- Nicholas Lezard * Spectator *
Lively, earthy, experimental, ambitious, clever and endlessly entertaining… Smart, witty, direct, cool -- Hal Jensen * The Times Literary Supplement *
The premise is a stroke of genius. Roland Barthes did not die following an accident in 1980; he was murdered… The strands of the plot are skilfully interwoven through a dual process of fictionalisation of the real and realisation of the fictional -- Andrew Gallix * Financial Times *
An almost filmic detective romp, taking in glamorous international locations, killer dogs, Bulgarian secret agents, several varieties of sex and wild car chases -- Andrew Hussey * Literary Review *
A hugely entertaining novel, taking delight in its own twists and turns -- Nicholas Lezard * Spectator *
Lively, earthy, experimental, ambitious, clever and endlessly entertaining… Smart, witty, direct, cool -- Hal Jensen * The Times Literary Supplement *
The premise is a stroke of genius. Roland Barthes did not die following an accident in 1980; he was murdered… The strands of the plot are skilfully interwoven through a dual process of fictionalisation of the real and realisation of the fictional -- Andrew Gallix * Financial Times *
An almost filmic detective romp, taking in glamorous international locations, killer dogs, Bulgarian secret agents, several varieties of sex and wild car chases -- Andrew Hussey * Literary Review *
Laurent Binet lives and works in France. His first novel, HHhH, was an international bestseller which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman, among other prizes. The 7th Function of Language won the Prix de la FNAC and Prix Interallié. Civilisations is a bestseller that has won the Grand Prix de l'Académie française.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910701591 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910701599 |
| Title | The 7th Function of Language |
| Author | Laurent Binet |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2017-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2018 (UK) |
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