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Title | : | The Suicide Shop |
Author | : | Jean Teulé |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 169 pages |
Published | : | July 2nd 2008 by Gallic Books (first published 2007) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Humor. Cultural. France |
Jean Teulé
Paperback | Pages: 169 pages Rating: 3.54 | 7508 Users | 1139 Reviews
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Has your life been a failure? Let's make your death a success With the twenty-first century just a distant memory and the world in environmental chaos, many people have lost the will to live. And business is brisk at The Suicide Shop. Run by the Tuvache family for generations, the shop offers an amazing variety of ways to end it all, with something to fit every budget. The Tuvaches go mournfully about their business, taking pride in the morbid service they provide. 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.Specify Books Conducive To The Suicide Shop
Original Title: | Le Magasin des suicides |
ISBN: | 1906040095 (ISBN13: 9781906040093) |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Mishima Tuvache, Lucrèce Tuvache, Marilyn Tuvache, Vincent Tuvache, Alan Tuvache, Ernest |
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Ratings: 3.54 From 7508 Users | 1139 ReviewsColumn Regarding Books The Suicide Shop
If Edward Gorey and Tim Burton collaborated on a book it would be this. This book is funny, charming, sweet, I just can't recommend it enough.The Tuvaches, a sort of working class Addams Family, operate The Suicide Shop--a shop where anyone can purchase the equipment and/or training required to off themselves (though children can only purchase sweets that have a 50% chance of killing them).The story is set some time after North America has been laid to waste by the Big One--but for the most part it could pass as contemporary, with the odd bit of future tech: holographic greeting cards; a solution that turn one's kiss poisonous to
"Too many people do an amateurish job. You know, out of a hundred and fifty thousand people who make the attempt, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand fail. These people often find themselves disabled in wheelchairs, disfigured for life, but with us Our suicides are guaranteed. Death or your money back!" Mishima TuvacheI don't usually venture into books that I'm not sure I'll like. Probably close minded of me, but there are so many books that I know I will like and not nearly enough time to
This book is a dark and dry comedic spin on matters that are... simply not funny. The destruction of the world as we know it, depression, death, hopelessness, disaster, and... Suicide. The idea of a "suicide shop" is so unheard of and interesting that I was immediately compelled to read this book. Character development was basic. I was nearly finished the book before I even had a mental picture of most characters, with the exception of Alan. Considering the ending, I believe this is no accident.
The Suicide Shop by Jean Teule and published by Gallic Books. I first read about it on Scott Pack's blog. Consumed with jealousy over the cleverness of the title, I jumped at the opportunity to review it, hoping to find it was nothing more than a clever title.It arrived on my doorstep as a spiral bound manuscript. I spent several Aspie moments delighting over how it opened out flat without the usual struggle to break the spine of the book...before I forced myself to stop digressing and got on
Full of hope despite of its title. I liked it very much.
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