Et on tuera tous les affreux - Outside of a Dog

mass market paperback, 221 pages

French language

Published April 1, 1999 by LGF.

ISBN:: 978-2-253-14616-2

Rock Bailey a 19 ans et est déterminé à conserver sa virginité jusqu'à ses 20 ans. Mais il est kidnappé et enfermé nu avec une femme qui veut lui faire oublier sa résolution. Relâché, il découvre un cadavre dans une cabine téléphonique. Il décide alors d'enquêter avec son ami Gary. Ses recherches le conduisent au docteur Schulz, qui fait des expériences sur les embryons humains.

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Alexander reviewed Et on tuera tous les affreux by Boris Vian

review of 'Et on tuera tous les affreux'

4 stars

i started with the game "to hell with the ugly" only to learn, it is based on this novel. and i'm still fascinated by the derailing noir-pulp story line -- think "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" --, by the anti-hero, by the absurd handling of people and situations. but apart from the fun: i truly believe this novel has more to say as you would expect from a pastiche. the themes are feeded by the shock of the second world war and eugenics. and by precognition this is combined with a setting of innocent and frivolous usa-culture. explaining in the end, how easy you become rationalizing evil.

(surely missed all the wordplay and the nuances by reading the text in french)

i started with the game "to hell with the ugly" only to learn, it is based on this novel. and i'm still fascinated by the derailing noir-pulp story line -- think "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" --, by the anti-hero, by the absurd handling of people and situations. but apart from the fun: i truly believe this novel has more to say as you would expect from a pastiche. the themes are feeded by the shock of the second world war and eugenics. and by precognition this is combined with a setting of innocent and frivolous usa-culture. explaining in the end, how easy you become rationalizing evil.

(surely missed all the wordplay and the nuances by reading the text in french)