Baise-Moi (Rape Me)

“A small revolution.” –Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly

“Pure payback . . . subversive & exhilarating.” –Karen Durbin, Elle

“Baise-Moi fuses triple-X porno, New Wave abandon, & feminist revenge fantasy. . . . It deserves a look-see by discerning, open-minded adults in the mood for something risky & different.” –Glenn Lovell, The Mercury News

“A sticky, smashed, sweaty, laughing too loud, broken teeth, drunker than drunk adventure.” –Melissa Huffsmith-Roth, Bust Magazine

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Manu & Nadine have had all they can take. Manu has been brutally raped, & determines it's not worth leaving anything precious lying vulnerable -- including her very self. She teams up with Nadine, a nihilist who watches pornography incessantly, & they enact their own version of les vols et les viols (rape & pillage) -- they lure men sexually, use them up, then rob & kill them. Drawing from the spiky cadences of the Sex Pistols & the murderous eroticism of Georges Bataille or Dennis Cooper, Baise-Moi is a shocking, accomplished, & truly unforgettable novel.

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Virginie Despentes is a writer & filmmaker. She worked in an independent record store in the early ’90s, was a sex worker, & published her first novel, Baise Moi, when she was twenty-three. She adapted the novel for the screen in 2000, codirecting with the porn star Coralie Trinh Thi. Upon release, it became the first film to be banned in France in twenty-eight years. Despentes is the author of more than fifteen other works, including the Vernon Subutex Trilogy, Apocalypse Baby, Bye Bye Blondie, Pretty Things, & the essay collection King Kong Theory.