A funny, quirky novel, the perfect antidote to the prevailing gloom.

After surviving the accident that killed his parents, Max Durant returns from his uncle's funeral convinced he'll never die. At the risk of alienating his girlfriend Marianne, he starts trying out all sorts of experiences, no matter how insane: cryogenic freezing, vertical sleeping, a deal with the devil. Backed by Léon, Cathy, and Jérôme, he turns his fight against death into a social cause. This novel walks a line between comedy and realism to question our relationship with death as explored by a modern Don Quixote of a protagonist.