In this brilliant and hilarious political novella Leslie Kaplan imagines a series of unconnected crimes occurring throughout France. In each a subordinate kills someone in a superior position over themtypically with an object used in their work be it wiring in an auto shop a huge sack of coffee or a blackboard eraser. While these acts no explanation is ever given by the criminals clearly have a classrelated character the media and public figures are loathe to admit that class struggle still e