Description |
45 pages : illustrated ; 17 cm |
Summary |
In this brilliant and hilarious political novella, Leslie Kaplan imagines a series of unconnected crimes occurring throughout France. In each, a subordinate kills someone in a superior position over them--typically with an object used in their work, be it wiring in an auto shop, a huge sack of coffee, or a blackboard eraser. While these acts (no explanation is ever given by the criminals) clearly have a class-related character, the media and public figures are loathe to admit that class struggle still exists. Their denial of reality creates another thread in this joyful, dark satire: the fumbling of "experts" who mobilize theory after theory in order to analyze what is happening without admitting that the events could have any political content. |
Subject |
Murder -- France -- Fiction.
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Social conflict -- France -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Satirical literature.
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Short stories.
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Added Author |
Pap, Jennifer, translator, writer of afterword.
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ISBN |
184935393X |
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9781849353939 |
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