A failing record store owner finds himself homeless with only the video legacy of a rock star who died of an overdose in his pocket. Armed with this coveted object, he reaches out to old friends from the 90’s.

Aptly describing the contemporary malaise of humanity, this true “Human Comedy” of our times is tinged with drugs, sex, and punk rock.

Book-alike: 2666: A Novel, Roberto Bolaño (Picador)

Virginie Despentes is a writer and filmmaker. Her trilogy Vernon Subutex, published between 2015 and 2017, earned great success, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and adapted into a television series. She is the author of more than fifteen other works, including Apocalypse Baby, Bye Bye Blondie, Pretty Things, and the essay collection King Kong Theory.