An original novel, despite a difficult start!

At first I really struggled to hang on as I found the style and quirky humor, I found the story too ... Then at Irrational As reading, once this first step "shock" over, and can be used by the style, we perceive much better to take this humor in the second degree and we laugh at the absurdity of situations and words. I especially liked the idea of ​​the house that shrinks when its owner is impoverished, the trivialization of death, the work that we find unnecessary, unconditional love for Jean-Sol Partre and history of love Colin and Chloe, the concept of pianocktail ...

All serious subjects are treated here with humor and jazz background, Boris Vian naturally satirizing the society of the time; it is difficult to believe that this novel was written 60 years ago. In short, a novel for the least original where many cultural references are made, images, word games and so many subtleties that I probably missed out on some. The very idea of ​​aberration me early déplue finally surprised me a lot later, like what sometimes you have to force yourself and go beyond a bad impression!