UK In A Bad Way French edition (signed, with sketch)

Another way to get my award-winning short story. Goes on general sale in France on the 7th May 2025, which is when I'll be sending these out. This is one of the few ways to get a signed French copy if you're not near any of the stops of my signing tour. English version comes out later this year.

The french description for this book is a work of art and it would be rude not to include it here:

"Jin, punk aux lunettes aussi épaisses que les plateformes de ses Dr Martens, est une étudiante coréenne inscrite dans une prestigieuse école d’art à Londres. Edward, mi-dandy, mi-hobo, est un sans-abri anarchiste qui tente de réenchanter le monde avec ses tours de magie exécutés dans la rue. La première ne supporte plus son père, un homme froid et autoritaire, tandis que le second a perdu sa mère dans une terrible noyade. L’un et l’autre sont d’incorrigibles inadaptés pour cette société qu’ils exècrent. Dans cette ville-monde sous surveillance où il n’y a aucune place pour la créativité, la rencontre entre ces deux outsiders est aussi inéluctable qu’explosive. Dans un chassé-croisé au cœur du dédale londonien, leur amitié se noue et se dénoue, ils se perdent de vue, s’aiment, se détestent… mais toujours se retrouvent pour réchauffer leurs âmes solitaires, dans le tourbillon de la vie."

"Jin, a punk with glasses as thick as the platforms of her Dr. Martens, is a Korean student enrolled in a prestigious art school in London. Edward, half-dandy, half-hobo, is a homeless anarchist who tries to re-enchant the world with his magic tricks performed in the street. The former can no longer stand her father, a cold and authoritarian man, while the latter lost his mother in a terrible drowning. Both are incorrigible misfits for this society they loathe. In this global city under surveillance where there is no room for creativity, the meeting between these two outsiders is as inevitable as it is explosive. In a crisscrossing in the heart of the London maze, their friendship is formed and unraveled, they lose sight of each other, love each other, hate each other... but always find each other again to warm their lonely souls, in the whirlwind of life."

Is that the Frenchest thing you've read today? I think it is.

Tour dates:

Wednesday 14th May :
16h30-19h : Signatures at Rubrique à bulles in Paris

Thursday 15th May :
15h30-18h30 : Signatures at Momie’s bookshop in Grenoble
 
Friday 16th May :
15h-19h : Signatures at Momie’s bookshop in Lyon
 
Saturday 17th May
14h30-18h30 : Signatures at Momie’s bookshop in Clermont Ferrand
 
Sunday 18th May
15h-19h : Signatures at Momie’s bookshop in Paris

If I can't see you there, and you really want this book in French, then you should get this!