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Annihilation

By Michel Houellebecq
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'The most interesting novelist of our times' – Evening Standard 'The most important novelist to have been publishing in all of Europe over the past three decades' – The Sunday Times 'We have no one to match Houellebecq.' – The Daily Telegraph It is 2027. France... Read More
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A number one bestseller in France, Germany and Italy, the new novel by the acclaimed author of Atomised and Submission and arguably his masterpiece. ‘Surely the most important novelist to have been publishing not only in France but in all of Europe over the past three decades.’ The Sunday Times

A number one bestseller in France, Germany and Italy, the new novel by the acclaimed author of Atomised and Submission and arguably his masterpiece. 'Surely the most important novelist to have been publishing not only in France but in all of Europe over the past three decades.' The Sunday Times

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'The most interesting novelist of our times' – Evening Standard

'The most important novelist to have been publishing in all of Europe over the past three decades' – The Sunday Times

'We have no one to match Houellebecq.' – The Daily Telegraph

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, while his father Édouard, now retired, has spent his career working for the DGSI. When Édouard has a stroke, his children have an opportunity to repair their strained relationships, as they determine to free their father from the medical centre where he is wasting away.

Michel Houellebecq's Annihilation reveals new sides to his writing, adding compassion and tenderness to the emotions of rage, disgust, and irony that have powered both him and his earlier works to international fame.

Translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside

Annihilation was a #1 Livres Hebdo bestseller in France w/c 10/01/2022, and a #1 Spiegel bestseller in Germany w/c 24/01/2022.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035026401

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Picador

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 612g

Pages: 544

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Michel Houellebecq Spy & Espionage Thriller

About the Author

Michel Houellebecq is a novelist, poet and essayist, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer. Acclaimed both in his native France and worldwide, his novels include Atomised, Platform, The Map and the Territory and Submission.

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