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A New Yorker best book of 2024 | A Financial Times Best Translated Book of 2024 | Shortlisted for the American Literary Translators Association National Translation Award in Prose | Nominated for the DUBLIN Literary AwardLibrary Science September book club pick | A Vulture most anticipated bookOne of The New York Times' 24 works of fiction to read of fall 2024 | A Guardian best translated fiction pick | A Town & Country must-read fall book"It's a thrill to hear the characters develop on the page . . . One of the better portrayals of addiction I've encountered in literature, up there with books by Jean Rhys and Leslie Jamison." -Joumana Khatib, The New York Times Book Review"Engrossing . . . Full of emotional suspense." -Pamela Druckerman, Financial TimesThe French novel taking the world by storm: an ultracontemporary Dangerous Liaisons about sex, feminism, and addiction.Dear Dickhead, I read your post on Insta. You're like a pigeon shitting on my shoulder as you flap past. It's shitty and unpleasant. Waah, waah, waah, I'm a pissy little pantywaist, no one loves me so I whimper like a Chihuahua in the hope someone will notice me. Congratulations: you've got your fifteen minutes of fame! You want proof? I'm writing to you. Oscar is a B-list novelist in his forties. He used to be an alcoholic and a cokehead, but now he keeps himself busy by ranting on social media. When Rebecca, an actress whose looks he insulted, sends him an angry email, they strike up a combative correspo
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