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Author Houellebecq, Michel.

Title Platform / a novel by Michel Houellebecq ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
Published New York : Vintage International, [2004]
©2004

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Description 259 pages 21 cm
Summary "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
Genre/Form Fiction.
Author Wynne, Frank.
LC no. 2002040634
ISBN 0375414622 alkaline paper
Other Titles Platforme. English