“Did you miss your life? With us, you will succeed in your death”, this is the slogan of the suicide store. And it’s true, everyone who goes in never comes back. This is what the Tuvache family store is known for and they are proud of it.
In this well-stocked store you will find everything you need to commit suicide: hemp rope with homemade flowing knot, razor blades, poisons or cocktails of poisons elaborated by Lucrèce Tuvache, cinder blocks to better drown or defenestrate yourself and even the kiss of death given by Marilyne Tuvache, the daughter, who was injected with a product that makes her saliva deadly.
Everything is going well, the company is thriving and everyone is sad and depressed as it should be. Everyone except the youngest, Allan, who is the personified joy of life in this gloomy and apocalyptic world. His parents don’t know what to do with him anymore, he always has a smile on his face, he likes cheerful music and colors, his drawings are in bright colors and he always finds something positive in life.
Daring to talk about suicide, a taboo subject in our society where this gesture is still considered a sin, was a stroke of luck. But what a success!
A mixture of black humor and derision that makes the purchase of poison seem as trivial as buying a fish at the market. A novel in which in spite of everything one is merry with each page thanks to the talent of Jean Teulé. A real happiness to go to the suicide store, your desire to live will be stronger. And as Allan says: “Life is beautiful”.