Due to the Resurgence of Handbag Thefts...

New Year's Eve gift from Kino Slang: the translation of the first 16 pages of Serge Daney's posthumous The Exercise was Beneficial, Sir (made of notes found on Daney's computer after his death). A major piece titled "Due to the Resurgence of Handbag Thefts...", likely part of the forming of Daney's eponymous final book (in his lifetime). All with the usual quality, context and illustrations to be expected from Kino Slang. Enjoy.

Due to the Resurgence of Handbag Thefts...

Excerpted from pages 19-34 of L’Exercice a été profitable, Monsieur by Serge Daney, P.O.L., 1993. Translated by Andy Rector & Laurent Kretzschmar