School's Out
$32.52
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2007
Summary
A strikingly original, acidly funny and surreal French first novel, a cross between Michel Houellebecq, Alan Warner and Lord of the Flies. The stuff of which cults are made.
When a teacher is found dead, having apparently committed suicide, his friend Pierre Hoffman takes over class 4F and finds himself responsible for a group of strangely subdued, well-behaved and yet menacing pupils.
Assuming their behaviour to be a response to the trauma of their teacher’s death, Pierre Hof…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099466727 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099466724 |
| Author: | Christophe Dufosse |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2007 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Dufosse’s debut has garnered high praise in his native France and it is easy to see why. The narrative is fast-paced and compelling, the writing assured and witty
Dufosse’s debut has garnered high praise in his native France and it is easy to see why. The narrative is fast-paced and compelling, the writing assured and witty – Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *
The story hurtles towards a creepy climax with jet-black humour and style – Kate Saunders * The Times *
The debut everyone is talking about… A brilliant first novel, that forcibly reminds one of Donna Tartt’s A Secret History * Elle *
There is a vague air of menace throughout…Dufosse [is] a shrewd observer of eccentric behaviour – Paul Bailey * Guardian *
Dufosse is roughly what you’d get if you crossed Houellebecq with Alan Warner. His writing is cool, sexy and sinister * Esquire *
Constantly terrifying, accomplished fiction * Le Monde des Livres *
Christophe Dufossé fuses the suspense of Stephen King with the irony and ambition of Houellebecq. A truly successful debut * Les Inrockuptibles *
Dufosse’s first novel is a well-paced, gripping thriller…not for the faint-hearted * Big Issue *
A writer of wit and style * Scotland on Sunday *
A powerful debut * Arena *
Christophe Dufosse
Christophe Dufosse, a former schoolteacher, lives in Paris. School’s Out is his first novel. Winner of the Prix du Premier Roman, it is being translated into ten languages.
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