The 7th Function of Language

Laurent Binet, Sam Taylor

ISBN 10: 1910701580 / ISBN 13: 9781910701584

Edité par Harvill Secker, 2017

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Synopsis :

'One of the funniest, most riotously inventive and enjoyable novels you’ll read this year' - Observer

‘The most outrageously entertaining novel of the year… A joy’ - Philip Hensher

Roland Barthes is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. It’s February 1980 and he has just come from lunch with Francois Mitterrand, a slippery politician locked in a battle for the Presidency. Barthes dies soon afterwards. History tells us it was an accident.

But what if it were an assassination? What if Barthes was carrying a document of unbelievable, global importance? A document explaining the seventh function of language – an idea so powerful it gives whoever masters it the ability to convince anyone, in any situation, to do anything.

Police Captain Jacques Bayard and his reluctant accomplice Simon Herzog set off on a chase that takes them from the corridors of power and academia to backstreet saunas and midnight rendezvous. What they discover is a worldwide conspiracy involving the President, murderous Bulgarians and a secret international debating society.

In the world of intellectuals and politicians, everyone is a suspect. Who can you trust when the idea of truth itself is at stake?

À propos de l?auteur:

Laurent Binet lives and works in France.


His first novel, HHhH, was an international bestseller which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman, among other prizes.


The 7th Function of Language won the Prix de la FNAC and Prix Interallié. Civilisations is a bestseller that has won the Grand Prix de l'Académie française.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The 7th Function of Language
Éditeur : Harvill Secker
Date d'édition : 2017
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good