 "La Rebelle" was published in 2004 and portrays a female TV show host, left leaning but nevertheless careerist and the plot which involves her, a young Egypt-born gay computer engineer, an old swindler and a big French company CEO.Jérôme Savary's music-hall comedy "Viva l'Opéra-Comique", whose texts were written by Duteurtre was premiered at Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, Paris, in March 2004.In 2005, "La petite fille et la cigarette" (" The Little Girl And the Cigarette ") was published, describing the horrible and slow chains of events by which a state employee will switch from a rather quiet life to the most horrible situation.