Frédéric Beigbeder is a modern French writer, author of the bestsellers “Love Lives for Three Years” and “99 Francs” - relevant, sarcastic, smart. The conversations that Begbeder, as a literary critic, had for a number of years with famous writers turned out to be the same. Among the heroes of this book are the Italian Umberto Eco, the French Michel Houellebecq (“Elementary Particles,” “Humility”) and Jean d’Ormesson (“God’s Pleasure”), the Americans Chuck Palahniuk (“Fight Club”) and Bret Easton Ellis (“American psychopath") and many other wonderful authors belonging to different generations and literary movements. Reading a book, it’s easy to feel like you’re talking to extraordinary people who have seen a lot in your life—as if you’re sitting at the same table with them, with a glass of good wine, agreeing or looking for counterarguments. Join us, bon appetit! For the first time in Russian! The book contains obscene language.