Big Blondes

Jean Echenoz

Translated by Mark Polizzotti

“[Echenoz] delights in savaging mass media cliches like television docudramas or action-adventure movies . . . dispatch[ing] them with gleeful silliness.” —The New York Times Book Review

Renowned singer Gloire Stella has mysteriously disappeared. When a television producer tries to track her down, Gloire goes on the run. From the cliffs of Brittany to the back alleys of Bombay, Big Blondes is a riotous, nonstop adventure for anyone who has ever wondered whether blondes really do have more fun.

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Praise

“Echenoz picks out the absurd nuances of pop culture and twists them into a contemporary detective book. . . . A hilarious read.”

—Publisher's Weekly

“[A] gentle tending to perversity links Echenoz to that other master of the perverse detail, Vladimir Nabokov. . . . Right now go out and join the millions who will enjoy Big Blondes.”