Frédéric Beigbeder: "Joffrine Donnadieu: the revelation of the start of the school year, it's her"

I plead guilty.

I missed the most energetic novel of the fall.

I am blind and incompetent.

If I had the dignity of Lionel Jospin, I would take responsibility for this failure by leaving literary criticism for good.

But if I had any dignity, I would do another job.

Chienne et louve

by Joffrine Donnadieu is an absolute slap in the face, it's time for it to be known.

Next door, Virginie Despentes, is the Countess of Ségur.

Mrs. Donnadieu tells the story of a stripper in Pigalle who wants to become a theater actress.

During the day, Romy, 20, studies drama at Cours Florent;

at night, she undresses at Pussy's, boulevard de Clichy: she doesn't sleep much, but her studies have to be financed.

She lives with Odette, an 89-year-old Catholic bedridden.

The cohabitation of the pole dancer and the clam frog is not simple.

Is the sequined thong compatible with a

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