In an indefinable future under acid rain, populated by disasters of all kinds, the morale of the population n''est obviously not auspicious, and many people who have no alternative but to end life quickly. So, in this climate of profound gloom and who would really want to do business, what better idea than to manage a Suicide Shop! Thus, for several generations, the family has Tuvache a very successful shop in the heart of the City of Forgotten Religions. Everything is from the simple to the sophisticated poison rope, through the most sordid arms. Mishima and Lucretius, parents, maintain well with this sinister trade surrounded by their three children. Vincent, the eldest, is an anorexic migraine and Marilyn, his sister, suffers from so many 'unsustainable complex qu''à them they largely promote family matters. But this is not counting the youngest, Alan, who plays the black sheep of the family. It is, alas, provided an unfailing optimism and a zest for life that puts ostentatious often jeopardize the company of his parents. It is the grain of sand that will stop the machine.
The subject, it must be admitted, is an absolutely seductive originality especially as the tone is the lightness and humor. Nevertheless, there would be just the last third of the story m''a seemed to lack this consistency so well maintained so far.