Used book – The Seventh Function of Language, Laurent Binet

"He met Giscard at the Élysée, bumped into Foucault in a gay sauna, saw one man kill another with a poisoned umbrella, discovered a secret society where losers' fingers are cut off, and crossed the Atlantic to retrieve a mysterious document. In a few months, he experienced more extraordinary events than he would have thought possible in his entire life. Simon knows how to recognize a good story when he encounters one."

Roland Barthes died after being hit by a van on February 25, 1980. What if it was an assassination? In the intellectual and political circles of the time, everyone is a suspect. Jacques Bayard, a commissioner, and Simon Herzog, a young semiologist, lead the investigation.

Remarkable! François Busnel, L'Express.

You devour it, between laughter and intellectual delight. Fabienne Pascaud, Télérama.

Crazy, funny, and stunning. Thomas Mahler, Le Point.

Prix Interallié 2015 Prix du Roman Fnac 2015