The short stories were, as the title indicates, written under the influence of the drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy.

[1] It opens with a warning from Beigbeder: The author of this book doesn't take it anymore, and advises the reader not to try: not only is ecstasy illegal, but it also damages the brain, as proved by this collection of texts written under the influence.

Don't we already have literature for that?The book contains the following stories: Marie Gobin of L'Express wrote that the book is characterised by joyful self-mockery and self-esteem, describing it as fierce, raw, decadent and offbeat.

[3] In the academic edited volume Literature and Intoxication, Russell Williams stresses that the Beigbeder who presents himself in the book must be understood at least partially as an author persona.

Williams compares the book to Charles Baudelaire's experiments with writing under drug influence, and with Beigbeder's comments in other books about how literature can work like a drug and reading can be an addiction.