Smoking Kills

<p><b>'Hilarious' <i>Daily Mail</i></p><p>'Superbly over-the-top' <i>The Times</i></b></p><p>How far would you go to enjoy a cigarette?</p><p> When headhunter Fabrice Valantine faces a smoking ban at work, he decides to undergo hypnotherapy to help him kick the habit.</p><p>The treatment is all too effective - Fabrice can no longer enjoy his favourite vice, even when he does light up. Then, in the aftermath of a horrific incident, he rediscovers the buzz of his very first cigarette, and his delight is positively criminal...</p><p>This original and totally French black comedy asks how far you would go for pleasure - and just where any of us would stop.</p><p><b>Translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie.</b></p><p> Antoine Laurain worked as a journalist and in the world of antiques before becoming the award-winning author of ten novels, including <i>The Red Notebook</i> and <i>The President's Hat</i>. His books have been translated into 25 languages and sold more than 200,000 copies in English. He lives in Paris.</p><p>Louise Rogers Lalaurie is a writer and translator from French, including Frédéric Dard's <i>The King of Fools</i> and <i>The Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths</i> by Olivier Barde-Cabuçon, both published by Pushkin Vertigo. Her work has been shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award, the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature and the Crime Writers Association International Dagger.</p>