The 7th Function of Language- UK 1st Edition 1st Printing Hardback Book

Laurent Binet

ISBN 10: 1910701580 / ISBN 13: 9781910701584

Edité par Harvill Secker, 2017

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A UK 1st Edition 1st Printing hardback book indicated by the 13579108642 number line to the copyright page. - The book is in near fine condition and with just some slight marking to the side of the page block. It is otherwise tight with no tears or inscriptions. - The dust jacket is in very good condition but has a 1mm tear to the bottom of the spine cover and some ruffling along the top. Otherwise very good.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1552496510813

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The 7th Function of Language- UK 1st Edition 1st Printing Hardback Book
• Éditeur: Harvill Secker
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1910701580
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781910701584
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good

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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.