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With the twenty-first century just a distant memory and the world in environmental chaos, many people have lost the will to live.
Business is brisk at The Suicide Shop. Run by the Tuvache family, the shop offers a variety of ways to end it all, with something to fit every budget.
The Tuvaches go mournfully about their business until the youngest member of the family threatens to destroy their contented misery by confronting them with something they've never encountered before: a love of life.
Jean Teulé lives in the Marais with his companion, the French film actress Miou-Miou.
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Jean Teulé lives in the Marais with his partner, the French film actress Miou-Miou. An illustrator, filmmaker and television presenter, he is also the prize-winning author of ten books including one based on the life of Verlaine. He has also written biographies of Rimbaud and François Villon.
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'A suicide shop that is full of life'
LE FIGARO
'A gently comic fable'
FINANCIAL TIMES
'Jean Teulé presents the zany world of The Suicide Shop with just the right amount of humour ... and wraps up his story with a celebration of life.'
LE MONDE
'Original, irredeemably mocking and unexpectedly poignant; The Suicide Shop is a timeless classic. Teulé’s subtle and understated humour is exquisitely French and his ability to mix up the serious, the taboo, the comical and the tender displays a brilliance rarely seen.'
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‘an enjoyable, thought-provoking little book, with an original quirky style of its own’
VULPES LIBRIS
'Reading The Suicide Shop, and watching Alan attempt to win everyone round to his way of thinking, is an absolute delight. A perfect short read and a book that is guaranteed to become a cult classic'
MEANDMYBIGMOUTH
'As a fan of The Addams Family, The Suicide Shop charmed the socks off me'
CHASING BAWA
LE FIGARO
'A gently comic fable'
FINANCIAL TIMES
'Jean Teulé presents the zany world of The Suicide Shop with just the right amount of humour ... and wraps up his story with a celebration of life.'
LE MONDE
'Original, irredeemably mocking and unexpectedly poignant; The Suicide Shop is a timeless classic. Teulé’s subtle and understated humour is exquisitely French and his ability to mix up the serious, the taboo, the comical and the tender displays a brilliance rarely seen.'
THE TRUTH ABOUT BOOKS
‘an enjoyable, thought-provoking little book, with an original quirky style of its own’
VULPES LIBRIS
'Reading The Suicide Shop, and watching Alan attempt to win everyone round to his way of thinking, is an absolute delight. A perfect short read and a book that is guaranteed to become a cult classic'
MEANDMYBIGMOUTH
'As a fan of The Addams Family, The Suicide Shop charmed the socks off me'
CHASING BAWA
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- PublisherGallic Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1906040095
- ISBN 13 9781906040093
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages169
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Imagine a shop that for ten generations has sold all the accoutrements for the perfect suicide. This family business prospers in all its bleak misery, until it encounters joie de vivre in the shape of younger son, Alan. What will become of The Suicide Shop in the face of Alan's relentless good cheer, optimism and determination to make the customers smile? In this futuristic novel, which has sold 53,000 copies in hardback in France, Jean Teule humorously explores universal themes of life, death and family. AUTHOR: Jean Teule lives in the Marais with his companion, the French film actress Miou-Miou. An illustrator, filmmaker and television presenter, he is also the prize-winning author of ten books including one based on the life of Verlaine. In researching that book he discovered that a group of nineteenth-century poets found a review called The Suicide Shop and this inspired his novel. He has also written biographies of Rimbaud and Francois Villon. Has your life been a failure? Let's make your death a success. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781906040093
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