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This intriguing French thriller received little attention in the UK, but is well worth a watch
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How does society react when the vision of biological immortality has become reality, but has not yet fully arrived, written by Rachel Heng
In a near-future world, medical technology has progressed far enough that immortality is now within grasp - but only to those who show themselves to be deserving of it. These people are the lifers: the exercisers, yogacisers, green juicers and early nighters.
Genetically perfect, healthy and wholesome, one hundred-year-old Lea is the poster girl for lifers, until the day she catches a glimpse of her father in the street, eighty-eight years after their last encounter. While pursuing him, Lea has a brush with death which sparks suspicions. If Lea could be so careless, is she worthy of immortality?
Suicide Club wasn't always an activist group. It began as a set of disillusioned lifers, gathering to indulge in forbidden activities: performances of live music, artery-clogging meals, irresponsible orgies. But now they have been branded terrorists and are hunted by the state
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See also: Rachel Heng - Singaporean novelist and the author of the literary dystopian novel Suicide Club
Details last updated 20-Jun-2019
This intriguing French thriller received little attention in the UK, but is well worth a watch
In the book, the vision of biological immortality has become reality, but has not yet fully arrived