Pauline and the Theban Manuscripts, or Oedipus in the 21st Century. Could Pauline be Oedipus? Could she be Jocasta, Oedipus's mother? Or both? Her story unfolds as a mirror, echoing that of the ancient myth, and Paris, another important character in the book, is transformed in the bleak glow of neon lights into a modern-day Thebes. And if Oedipus was unaware of the curse that struck him at birth—to kill his father, to marry his mother—is the same true for Pauline? It is through her final days that the answer to this question is revealed. Beyond appearances, the similarity of fates between the different protagonists emerges, their journeys intersecting, mingling, intertwining, leading to the same inevitable end. And perhaps, between Nation and Croix-de-Chavaux, or on bus 127, it's Sophocles himself sitting opposite Pauline. Publication date: April 1, 2025 Order Press release

Following *The Ecstasy of the Predator*, here is the second installment of Monsieur's adventures. *The Clandestine Years* recounts one of the possible paths the French people could have taken in 1789 and the years that followed, had the political and economic powers not prevented them. "The bourgeoisie knew perfectly well what it wanted," said Pierre Kropotkin in his 1909 book, *The Great Revolution*. It was a matter of taking the place of the monarchy and subjugating the French for its own benefit. *The Clandestine Years* represents that moment of suspense where everything could still tip into a true revolution. The moment when anarchy could exist. This is about real anarchy, not the pathetic caricature commonly portrayed. So, *The Clandestine Years*: a political book? Yes, absolutely. A book of hope? Yes, even though the story recounts a failure. But, practice makes perfect. A subversive book? Yes, certainly, that is its purpose. An adventure novel? Yes, of course, being a true heir to the golden age of serialized novels. An erotic novel? Yes, without a doubt. Erotic like the Divine Marquis himself. A book of liberation? Yes, insofar as, through this very eroticism, it attacks the classic patterns of roles traditionally assigned to each sex—far, far from a mere catalog of sexual fantasies. A book of struggle? Yes, absolutely. Every word was written with a pen dipped in nitroglycerin so that, if anything remains, it will be as dangerous in the future as it was when it was written. Dangerous and hated by all powers. Irredeemable. Forever. Publication date: May 1, 2023. Order now

A fiery incendiary book, upon its initial publication in 2006, it was burned. Literally. Reduced to ashes by the flames ignited by some mind disturbed by what it had read. A malevolent presence for a woman, Monsieur, the central character of this text. An embodiment of evil so unbearable that only fire could destroy it. Or attempt to destroy it. For here it is again, still alive, reinvigorated. The predator's ecstasy, "an ultra-violent Burgess-Sadian kaleidoscope, Wittkop-esque when it isn't Lautréamont-esque," as one critic wrote at the time, rises from its ashes. If the physical fire caused by the hand striking the match to destroy the pages has been extinguished, the internal fire of the text continues its inexorable blaze. Unsubmissive. Proud to have endured—and conquered—the auto-da-fé. How many contemporary texts have fallen victim to this? Publication date: April 1, 2021 Order now