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"Has your life been a failure? Let's make your death a success."

—The Suicide Shop motto

The Suicide Shop (Le Magasin Des Suicides in its original French) is a Black Comedy novel by the French author and film-maker Jean Teule about the Tuvauches, the family that runs the aforementioned shop in the distant future after the "Big One" where life has become meaningless for most, leading to them seeking out the Suicide Shop, where they have a method to kill yourself for any budget. When their youngest son, Alan is born, they discover that he is not like the others.

Tropes used in The Suicide Shop include:

After The End
Black Comedy
Crapsack World
Cheerful Child: Alan
Hollywood Pudgy: Marilyn
Meaningful Name: all three of the Tuvauche children are named after suicides
- Alan for Alan Turing
- Marilyn for Marilyn Monroe
- Vincent for Vincent van Gogh
Suicide as Comedy: Alan's sergeant during his stint in the Monaco suicide commando team

"Watch carefully as I'll only be showing you once."

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-''The Suicide Shop'' (Le Magasin Des Suicides in its original French) is a [[Black Comedy]] novel by the French author and film-maker Jean Teule about the Tuvauches, the family that runs the afore-mentioned shop in the distant future after the "Big One" where life has become meaningless for most, leading to them seeking out the Suicide Shop, where they have a method to kill yourself for any budget. When their youngest son, Alan is born, they discover that he is not like the others.
+''[[The Suicide Shop]]'' (''Le Magasin Des Suicides'' in its original French) is a [[Black Comedy]] novel by the French author and film-maker Jean Teule about the Tuvauches, the family that runs the aforementioned shop in the distant future after the "Big One" where life has become meaningless for most, leading to them seeking out the Suicide Shop, where they have a method to kill yourself for any budget. When their youngest son, Alan is born, they discover that he is not like the others.
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 ** Vincent for [[Vincent van Gogh]]
 * [[Suicide as Comedy]]: Alan's sergeant during his stint in the [[Makes Sense in Context|Monaco suicide commando team]]
-{{quote|"Watch carefully as I'll only be showing you once."
+{{quote|"Watch carefully as I'll only be showing you once."}}
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