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A searing new novel from the author of Love Me Tender

By: Constance Debre, Lauren Elkin (Translator)

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Paperback | 1 July 2025

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144 Pages

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France's latest international star continues her ascent with an excavation of her famous family's legacy

In the world of the bourgeoisie and aristocrats, names are everything. They are currency that cannot be bartered but give their owners access, respect and above all, protection from the laws that govern those unfortunate souls who belong to classes without names, people who might as well be nameless.

To the narrator of Constance Debre's third novel, her name is a dead weight to cut herself free from. Tracing a family legacy of aristocrats and politicians, including her late grandfather, a former president of France, the narrator unravels a tapestry of relationships and bonds made fraught by addiction, pride and grief. As her parents struggle with substance abuse and their own histories, our narrator becomes resolute in her choice to live an existence unencumbered by responsibility, expectations, and a name she has long been ready to part with.

Industry Reviews

'Debre's voice is Camusian, comic, stark, relentless and totally hypnotic' - Rachel Kushner
'Written with edge and urgency in a voice that is both vulnerable and in full command' - Colm Toibin
'Annie Ernaux, just edgier. Her prose is gorgeously spare and practical' - Irish Independent

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