The 7th Function of Language

Laurent Binet and Sam Taylor [Translator]

ISBN 10: 1910701599 ISBN 13: 9781910701591

Published by Harvill Secker, 2017

Language: English

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Title

The 7th Function of Language

Publisher

Harvill Secker

Publication Date

2017

Language

English

ISBN 10

1910701599

ISBN 13

9781910701591

Binding

Paperback

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Like New

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Roland Barthes, one of the twentieth-century’s towering literary figures, 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, who is locked in a battle for the Presidency. Barthes dies soon afterwards. History tells us it was an accident.

But what if it were an assassination? What if Barthes was carrying a document of unbelievable, global importance? That document was the key to 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.

Police Captain Jacques Bayard and his reluctant accomplice Simon Herzog set off on a global chase that takes them from the corridors of power and academia to backstreet saunas and midnight rendezvous. What they discover is a global conspiracy involving the President, murderous Bulgarians and a secret international debating society. In the world of intellectuals and politicians, everyone is a suspect. And who can you trust when the idea of truth itself is at stake?

About the Author

Laurent Binet lives and works in France.

His first novel, HHhH, was an international bestseller which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman, among other prizes.

The 7th Function of Language won the Prix de la FNAC and Prix Interalli�. Civilisations is a bestseller that has won the Grand Prix de l'Acad�mie fran�aise.

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