King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes

King Kong Theory

Virginie Despentes

125 pages • first pub 2006 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective fast-paced

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Powerful, provocative, and personal, King Kong Theory is a candid account of how the author of Baise-Moi and Vernon Subutex came to be Virginie Despentes. Drawing from personal experience, Despentes shatters received ideas about rape and prostitut...

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reflective 77%
informative 66%
challenging 49%
inspiring 45%
dark 23%
emotional 22%
funny 16%
tense 11%
hopeful 6%
sad 5%
adventurous 2%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

fast 69%
medium 26%
slow 4%

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