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Michel Houellebecq

2002272 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2002
first published
  • 2010J'Ai LuISBN 9782290028520
  • 2016Penguin Random House · ENGISBN 9781448105472
  • 2021GALLIMARDISBN 9782072916311
  • 2004Vintage · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9781400030262
  • 2003Knopf · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780375414626
  • 2003Vintage · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780099437888
  • 2002William Heinemann · 320 pagesISBN 9780434009893

"Michel Renault is a human void. Following the death of the father he barely knew, he endures his civil service job while eking out an existence of prepackaged pleasure, hollow friendships, TV dinners, and pornography. On a group holiday in Thailand, however, he meets the shyly compelling Valerie, who soon pursues an agenda that Michel himself could never have thought possible: his own humanization." "Back in Paris, they plunge into an affair that strays into S&M, public sex, and partner swapping, even as they devise a scheme to save Valerie's ailing travel company by capitalizing on the only trade Michel has seen flourish in the third World. Before long, he quits his job, and their business model for "sex tourism" is gradually implemented. But when they return to Thailand, where Michel's philosophy will be put into practice, he discovers that sex is neither the most consuming nor dangerous of passions."--BOOK JACKET

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