{"product_id":"annihilation-by-michel-houellebecq-9781035026401","title":"Annihilation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The most interesting novelist of our times'\u003c\/em\u003e – Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The most important novelist to have been publishing in all of Europe over the past three decades'\u003c\/em\u003e – The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'We have no one to match Houellebecq.'\u003c\/em\u003e – The Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichel Houellebecq's \u003cem\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by Shaun Whiteside\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/em\u003e was a #1 \u003cem\u003eLivres Hebdo\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller in France w\/c 10\/01\/2022, and a #1 \u003cem\u003eSpiegel\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller in Germany w\/c 24\/01\/2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240653992172,"sku":"9781035026401","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035026401-annihilation-1.jpg?v=1787922459","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/annihilation-by-michel-houellebecq-9781035026401","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}