I will tell you nothing of the history, the summary is complete and revealing too much would misrepresent your reading. Despentes has a very special style and writing topics, love it or hate it. Here is the novel of metamorphosis, turning inwardly while the "envelope" is already physically identical, nothing more delicate! A "Despentes" softer, calmer, a human story made sex, dreams and true love. In terms of style, Despentes remains Despentes: obscenity, dirty sex, slang and characters along the line. Yet Pauline "layer" as we light a cigarette, has dreams in his head little girl or teenager: an island with fine sand, a nice boy-companion, a console and computer games for entertainment day rain! A different habits of the late author, an ending that feels good! A superb proofreading, so I will continue my rediscovery of this author.