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020    9781910701591|q(paperback) 
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020    9781910701584 
020    1910701580 
041 1  eng|hfre 
082 04 843.92|223 
092 0  Deckare|bengelska 
100 1  Binet, Laurent,|d1972-|4aut 
240 10 Septième fonction du langage.|lEngelska 
245 14 The 7th function of language /|cLaurent Binet ; translated
       from the French by Sam Taylor 
246 3  Seventh function of language 
264  1 London, England|bHarvill Secker,|c2017 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    390 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Originally published in French: Paris, France : Editions 
       Grasset & Fasquelle, 2015 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    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? 
546    Translated from the French 
600 10 Barthes, Roland|vFiction 
600 10 Barthes, Roland|xAssassination|vFiction 
600 17 Barthes, Roland.|2fast 
648  7 1900-1999|2fast 
650  0 Conspiracies|vFiction 
650  0 Secrecy|vFiction 
650  0 Linguistics|vFiction 
650  0 Language and languages|vFiction 
650  0 Brainwashing|vFiction 
650  0 Murder|xInvestigation|vFiction 
650  7 Assassination.|2fast 
650  7 Brainwashing.|2fast 
650  7 Intellectual life.|2fast 
650  7 Murder|xInvestigation.|2fast 
651  0 Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris, France : Quarter)
       |xIntellectual life|y20th century|vFiction 
651  7 France|zParis|zSaint-Germain-des-Prés (Quarter)|2fast 
655  7 Thrillers (Fiction)|2fast 
655  7 Detective and mystery fiction.|2fast 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast 
655  7 Mystery fiction|2gsafd 
655  7 Detective and mystery fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Thrillers|2saogf 
655  7 Deckare|2saogf 
700 1  Taylor, Sam,|d1970-|4trl 
907 00 180228