Holiday in a Coma & Love Lasts Three Years: two novels by Fr
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AlbakiReads Editorial Two Marc Marronier novels of Parisian excess and romantic disillusionment
Two Marc Marronier novels of Parisian excess and romantic disillusionment
This omnibus pairs two novels centered on Marc Marronier and the social worlds he inhabits. Holiday in a Coma compresses nightclub culture—its door staff, substances, status-seeking, and seduction—into one night at the opening of a satirical Paris venue. Love Lasts Three Years shifts to the aftermath of Marc’s divorce, framing his account of marriage through his conviction that love has a three-year limit. Together, the books trace a recurring landscape of advertising offices, designer interiors, and nightlife, using Marc’s self-interested perspective to examine consumerism, desire, and relationships under strain.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in satirical fiction about Parisian nightlife and advertising culture
- Fans of relationship novels centered on divorce and skepticism about romantic love
- Readers seeking an omnibus of two interconnected Marc Marronier novels
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Nightlife and excessSatire of affluent social cultureDivorce and romantic disillusionmentConsumerism and statusDesire and self-interest
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Book Overview One night in a Parisian nightclub and the aftermath of a marriage provide the stories for these two novels by Frederic Beigbeder, award-w...
One night in a Parisian nightclub and the aftermath of a marriage provide the stories for these two novels by Frederic Beigbeder, award-winning author of 'Windows on the World'.
In 'Holiday in a Coma', Marc Marronier, a shallow, superficial, rich Parisian who works as an advertising executive, is invited by his old friend to the opening of a new nightclub called The Shitter (a satirical take on the famous Paris nightclub Les Bains Douche). Taking place over a single unforgettable night, the novel documents everything from the pit-bull bouncer on the door, to the drugs, cocktails and wannabes who frequent the club, and Marc's attempts to seduce a catwalk model - any one will do. A catalogue of degeneracy, drugs, sex and decibels, 'Holiday in a Coma' is written with a fury and passion that reflect the author's own relationship with a world and he both loves and loathes.
In 'Love Lasts Three Years', Marc Maronnier has just been divorced and - shallow opportunist that he is - has decided to write a book about it. He has a theory that love lasts no more than three years, and here - recounting the highs and lows of his marriage and taking us through brash nightclubs, vainglorious offices and soulless designer apartments - he brings to bear the theoretical and the empirical to prove his point. Both frightening and funny, the book reads like a diary: sometimes tender and real, sometimes fantastical and cruel, peppered with Beigbeder's acerbic one-liners and trademark wit.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 306 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0007229038
FormatPaperback
Pages306
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0007229038
EAN9780007229031
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date2008-06-02
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.61 Pounds
Length8.0 Inches
Width5.0 Inches
Height0.76 Inches
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