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About the Author
Benoît Duteurtre is the author of ten novels and winner of the 2001 Prix Medicis. He is also the host of his own TV talk show 'Astonish Me, Benoît.' His work has been translated into thirteen languages. This is his first book to be translated into English.
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Book Info

FICTION
MAY 2007
13X20 CM
PAPERBACK
200PP £8.99
ISBN: 1846590299

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Reviews
'What I admire most about The Little Girl and the Cigarette is the clarity with which this novel unmasks the fundamental stupidity of our modern world; the black humor that transforms horror into a fascinating danse macabre.' Milan Kundera

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Excerpts
Turning once again to the lawyer for the plaintiffs, Quam Lao Ching said, his voice full of unctuousness: 'There is no change. The condemned man is still condemned. Not having been pardoned, he will be executed in as short a time as possible, I promise. But I must know what procedure to follow.'

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