{"product_id":"apocalypse-baby","title":"Apocalypse Baby","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eApocalypse Baby\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eVirginie Despentes\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781558618916\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Feminist Press at CUNY\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition Thus\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Apocalypse Baby is more than a compelling punk, queerish spin on the noir genre. It is a choral performance that tumbles its readers into the heart of violent spectacle, with all its attendant grief, unease, and unclarity.\" --Maggie Nelson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eValentine is a wayward teenage girl on the run through Paris and Barcelona. She is tailed by two mismatched private investigators: the Hyena--part ruthless interrogator, part oversexed rock star--and Lucie, her plain and passive--almost to the point of invisible--sidekick. As their desperate search unfolds, they interrogate a suspicious cast of characters, exposing the dark heart of contemporary youth culture. In this fast-paced feminist thriller, Virginie Despentes presents a scathing social criticism with flawed, fascinating characters and spellbinding prose.\u003cb\u003eVirginie Despentes\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, filmmaker, and noted French feminist critic. She is the author of many award-winning books, including \u003ci\u003eKing Kong Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2010 Prix Renaudot), and the \u003ci\u003eVernon Subutex\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy (shortlisted for the 2018 International Booker Prize). She co-directed the screen adaptations of her controversial novels \u003ci\u003eBaise-Moi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBye Bye Blondie\u003c\/i\u003e, and served as screenwriter for the adaptation of her novel \u003ci\u003ePretty Things.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Feminist Press at CUNY","offers":[{"title":"Apocalypse Baby | Virginie Despentes | Paperback | 9781558618916 | New | Fiction 1286590","offer_id":50550619865346,"sku":"1286590","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81sFI8cx8gL.jpg?v=1790470324","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/apocalypse-baby","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}