Death on the Installment Plan

"Death on the Installment Plan" serves as a companion piece to Louis-Ferdinand Céline's earlier novel, "Journey to the End of Night," both of which made a profound impact on European literature in the 1930s. Blending raw honesty with dark comedy, Céline's work reflects on his tumultuous childhood in the grim Paris slums, as well as his harrowing experiences during World War I and in Africa. Known for its revolutionary style that interweaves invective, obscenity, and poetic language, this novel is a pivotal contribution to the genre of “black humor.”