The High Life - by Jean-Pierre Martinet (Paperback)

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About the Book "La grande vie was first published in 1979 in the sixth issue of Subjectif, edited by Gerard Guegan" -- T.p. verso. Book Synopsis Cult French author Jean-Pierre Martinet's obscenely tragic novella, translated into English Adolphe Marlaud's rule of conduct is simple: live as little as possible so as to suffer as little as possible. For Marlaud, this involves carrying out a meager existence on rue Froidevaux in Paris, tending to his father's grave in the cemetery across the street, and earning the outlines of a living through a part-time job at the funerary shop on the corner. It does not, however, take into account the intentions of the obese concierge of his building, who has…