A Daily Express Best Book of the Year 'An extended meditation on human frailty and the lack of spirituality in the Western world . . . Houellebecq displays compassion and empathy, and a belief in the redemptive power of love.' ? New Statesman 'The most important novelist to have been publishing in all of Europe over the past three decades' ? The Sunday Times It is 2027. France is in a state of economic decline and moral decay. As the country plunges into a closely-fought presidential campaign, the French state falls victim to a series of mysterious and unsettling cyberattacks. The sophisticated nature of the attacks leaves the best computer scientists at the DGSI ? the French counter-terrorism agency ? scrambling for answers. An advisor to the country?s Finance Minister, Paul Raison is close to the heart of government. His wife Prudence is a Treasury official,...
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