The Gigolo by Francoise Sagan

'The sap had dried up; the sap, the incentive, the fever, the desire to do, to act, to act the fool, make love, create'A middle-aged woman breaks with her handsome young lover; a placid husband is suspected of infidelity; and a dying man reflects on his extramarital affairs, in these tales of love and disillusionment from the author of Bonjour Tristesse. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

• Series:Penguin Modern
• Format:
  • Paperback / softback
  • 64 pages
• Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint:Penguin Classics
• ISBN:9780241339640
• Published:22 Feb 2018
• Classifications:
  • Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
  • Short stories
• Readership:
  • General (US: Trade)
• Weight:49g
• Dimensions:160 x 110 (mm)
• Firm Sale:Yes
• Pub. Country:United Kingdom
• Language:English