The 7th Function of Language av Laurent Binet

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<p><b>''One of the funniest, most riotously inventive and enjoyable novels you¿ll read this year'' - <i>Observer</i></b><br><br>Roland Barthes is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. It¿s February 1980 and he has just come from lunch with Francois Mitterrand. Barthes dies soon afterwards. History tells us it was an accident. <br><br>But what if it were an assassination? What if Barthes was carrying a document of unbelievable, global importance? A document explaining the seventh function of language ¿ an idea so powerful it gives whoever masters it the ability to convince anyone, in any situation, to do anything. <br><br>Police Captain Jacques Bayard and his reluctant accomplice Simon Herzog set off on a chase that takes them from the corridors of power to backstreet saunas and midnight meetings. What they discover is a worldwide conspiracy involving the President, murderous Bulgarians and a secret international debating society.</p>