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Loren Ipsum
VIVE LA RÉSISTANCE!
Writers are being murdered. Heads are rolling; victims tarred and feathered. The French literary world lives in fear of the next attack. A nihilistic terrorist group takes responsibility, but their objective remains obscure.
Loren Ipsum is an English journalist, who moves to Paris to research a monograph on an underground writer called Adam Wandle. The terrorists’ slogans are all culled from his works. Has Adam been co-opted as their guru, or is he actually their éminence grise? And what of Loren Ipsum herself? Will they ever be able to leave the 21st century and make it to the mythical Blue Island?
Set on the Riviera and in Paris, Loren Ipsum is a darkly comic satirical novel. A famous author is expropriated from her beautiful garden, which is turned into a commune. The severed head of a British novelist residing in Paris is discovered in a box. A Scandinavian playwright’s ponytail is cut off on the streets of the Left Bank. A mermaid blows up a yacht where a sparkling literary party is in full swing…
Writers are being murdered. Heads are rolling; victims tarred and feathered. The French literary world lives in fear of the next attack. A nihilistic terrorist group takes responsibility, but their objective remains obscure.
Loren Ipsum is an English journalist, who moves to Paris to research a monograph on an underground writer called Adam Wandle. The terrorists’ slogans are all culled from his works. Has Adam been co-opted as their guru, or is he actually their éminence grise? And what of Loren Ipsum herself? Will they ever be able to leave the 21st century and make it to the mythical Blue Island?
Set on the Riviera and in Paris, Loren Ipsum is a darkly comic satirical novel. A famous author is expropriated from her beautiful garden, which is turned into a commune. The severed head of a British novelist residing in Paris is discovered in a box. A Scandinavian playwright’s ponytail is cut off on the streets of the Left Bank. A mermaid blows up a yacht where a sparkling literary party is in full swing…
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330 pages, Paperback
Published September 11, 2025
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Andrew Gallix
11 books10 followersAndrew Gallix teaches at the Sorbonne and edits 3:AM Magazine. His work has appeared in publications ranging from The Guardian and Times Literary Supplement to Dazed & Confused.
He divides his time between Scylla and Charybdis.
He divides his time between Scylla and Charybdis.
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November 23, 2025
Oh dear oh dear. That's the last time I trust a glowing review from The Guardian.
Tedious posturing and masses of pretentious quotations.
Tedious posturing and masses of pretentious quotations.
January 24, 2026
This book annoyed me. I really wanted to like it and tried to push through the first few chapters, but I barely had any idea what was going on. The two-star rating reflects how I felt by the point I reached, so best of luck to anyone who makes it further than I did. It’s one of those books that leaves you wondering whether you’re not smart enough to get it, or whether the writing is just trying a little too hard to be clever.
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