by Frédéric Beigbeder · Grasset & Fasquelle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246567622
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«14,99» is the satirical novel by Frédéric Beigbeder, published by Grasset & Fasquelle in paperback (282 pages, in French).
The protagonist, Octave, works as an advertising copywriter at the agency La Rosse and lives surrounded by money, excess and emptiness. His view of advertising, which creates artificial desires to sell the superfluous, shapes a biting satire of consumerism and contemporary society. With black humour, it portrays the cynicism of the commercial world.
Work originally published as «99 francs» in 2000; first instalment of the Octave Parango series. Finalist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2003.
For readers who enjoy social satire, criticism of consumerism and contemporary French fiction.
Frédéric Beigbeder is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel Windows on the World and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book A French Novel. He is also the creator of the Flore and Sade Awards. In addition, he is the executive director of Lui, a French adult entertainment magazine.
