Vernon Subutex One: the International Booker-shortlisted cult novel

Virginie Despentes

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018.  WHO IS VERNON SUBUTEX? An urban legend. A fall from grace.  The mirror who reflects us all.   Vernon Subutex was once the proprietor of Revolver, an infamous music shop in Bastille.  His legend spread throughout Paris.  But by the 2000s his shop is str...