Literature: we love “The cigar on the edge of the lips” by Akim Gagnon

Image of the cover of the novel “The cigar on the edge of the lips”

If you're not the type to be put off by a few – ahem, several – detailed descriptions of “exploding shit” and regretful juice-flavored vomit, The cigar at the edge of your lips will charm you.

In raw and vulnerable language, Akim Gagnon's first novel is glaringly true. We follow the adventures of a young alcoholic Montrealer in need of self-esteem.

We laugh a lot at several passages, even if what he experiences is often far from funny. Above all, we become awfully attached to this colorful character and his touching quest for happiness.

Bonus: you will read there the most moving review of a Kiss performance.

I have a penchant for the shit, for willful misery, self-destruction and relationships that look like scenes from Throw and count.

Excerpt from the novel The cigar at the edge of the lips

The cigar on the edge of the lips, published by La Mèche, will be in bookstores from February 16.