{"product_id":"9780007283118_holiday-in-a-coma-and-love-lasts-three-years-two-novels-by-frederic-beigbeder","title":"Holiday in a Coma \u0026 Love Lasts Three Years: two novels by Frédéric Beigbeder","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne night in a Parisian nightclub and the aftermath of a marriage provide the stories for these two novels by Frederic Beigbeder, award-winning author of ‘Windows on the World’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ‘Holiday in a Coma’, Marc Marronnier, a shallow, superficial, rich Parisian who works as an advertising executive, is invited by his old friend to the opening of a new nightclub called The Shitter (a satirical take on the famous Paris nightclub Les Bains Douche). Taking place over a single unforgettable night, the novel documents everything from the pit-bull bouncer on the door, to the drugs, cocktails and wannabes who frequent the club, and Marc’s attempts to seduce a catwalk model – any one will do. A catalogue of degeneracy, drugs, sex and decibels, ‘Holiday in a Coma’ is written with a fury and passion that reflect the author's own relationship with a world and he both loves and loathes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ‘Love Lasts Three Years’, Marc Marronnier has just been divorced and – shallow opportunist that he is – has decided to write a book about it. He has a theory that love lasts no more than three years, and here – recounting the highs and lows of his marriage and taking us through brash nightclubs, vainglorious offices and soulless designer apartments – he brings to bear the theoretical and the empirical to prove his point. Both frightening and funny, the book reads like a diary: sometimes tender and real, sometimes fantastical and cruel, peppered with Beigbeder’s acerbic one-liners and trademark wit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frédéric Beigbeder, Translated by Frank Wynne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284790886549,"sku":"9780007283118","price":11.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007283118.png?v=1776992301","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007283118_holiday-in-a-coma-and-love-lasts-three-years-two-novels-by-frederic-beigbeder","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}