This is a fearlessly feminist roadtrip novel packed with atmosphere & romance. Valentine the troubled daughter of a well-off but dysfunctional Parisian family vanishes on her way to school. Inexperienced private detective Lucie Toledo is hired to find the missing teenager & enlists the help of a formidable agent with a past known to her friends as the Hyena. Their quest from Paris to Barcelona & back uncovers a rich cast of characters whose paths have crossed Valentine's leading to an alarming climax. Part political thriller part road-movie part romance the latest novel by subversive writer & film-maker Virginie Despentes won the Prix Renaudot 2010 for the pitiless gaze it directs at society in the age of the internet.