The Laughter Brigade - Gérard Mordillat - book

There are eleven of them: Kowalski, known as Kol, born angry, Betty, unemployed, Dylan, English teacher and poet, the twins Dorith and Muriel, for whom life is a permanent party, L'Enfant-Loup, runner and fighter, Suzana, psychiatric nurse, Rousseau, economics teacher, Hurel, industrialist, reader of Marx, Isaac, film distributor, and Victoria, whom no one expected.
Formed into the "Laughter Brigade," they kidnapped Pierre Ramut, the star columnist for Valeurs françaises , and forced him to work according to their precepts: a 48-hour week, a salary 20% lower than the minimum wage, maximum productivity, and Sunday work. Now he'll know what he's talking about...
  
Is there a literature of resistance? To stupidity. To the spirit of the times. To the rise of extremism. Yes, and Gérard Mordillat is one of its best network leaders. François Busnel, The Express.
 
Funny, cynical, right on target with current social issues. Hubert Artus, Read.