“The Seventh Function of Language,” a novel by French author Laurent Binet, is getting the feature film treatment. Uri Singer, the CEO of TaleFlick, a production company that specializes in ...

In his second novel, Binet has set himself an even harder task. “The Seventh Function of Language” is a pulpy thriller, with all that designation entails.

FICTION The 7th Function of Language Laurent Binet (trans., Sam Taylor) Harvill Secker, $32.99. Every once in a while a book comes along with a premise so inspired that is seems strange no one had ...