num_pages: 157
description: Impish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with her uncle Gabriel. All she really wants to do is ride the metro, but finding it shut because of a strike, Zazie looks for other means of amusement and is soon caught up in a comic adventure that becomes wilder and more manic by the minute. In 1960 Queneau's cult classic was made into a hugely successful film by Louis Malle. Packed full of word play and phonetic games, 'Zazie in the Metro' remains as stylish and witty today as it did back then.
language: English
title: Zazie in the Metro
titlecomplete: Zazie in the Metro
characters: Mado-p'tits pieds, Charles, Gabriel, Marceline, Turandot, Laverture, Zazie
genres: 20th Century, French Literature, Novels, Literature, Roman, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor, France
ratings_count: 8175
places: Paris
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd