The 7th Function of Language

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<p><b>'One of the funniest, most riotously inventive and enjoyable novels youll read this year' -<i>Observer</i></b></p><p>Roland Barthes is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. Its February 1980 and he has just come from lunch with Francois Mitterrand. Barthes dies soon afterwards. History tells us it was an accident.</p><p>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.</p><p>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>

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<b>Laurent Binet</b>lives and works in France. His first novel,<i>HHhH,</i>was an international bestseller which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman, among other prizes.

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