{"product_id":"annihilation-by-michel-houellebecq","title":"Annihilation by Michel Houellebecq","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781035026418\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicador, August 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e544 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBook of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A must-read' –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Houellebecq’s new book proves he is one of the world’s greatest novelists' –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most important novelist to have been publishing in all of Europe over the past three decades' –\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs France is in the midst of a closely fought presidential campaign, the government falls victim to a series of mysterious and unsettling cyberattacks. Paul Raison is caught up in the state’s scrambled response, working as an advisor to the finance minister and with family connections to the DGSI, the French counterterrorism agency.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Paul’s private life is as strained as the nation is troubled. His marriage has collapsed, he’s drifted from his siblings, and their father has been hospitalised following a stroke. In telling Paul’s story, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003emoves seamlessly between tense espionage thriller and poignant family drama. The result is an extraordinary and moving meditation on loving, caring and dying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eleans neither towards hope nor despair, but towards a transcendent serenity'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated froom French by Shaun Whiteside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47295538036898,"sku":null,"price":285.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/9781035026418.webp?v=1780053257","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/annihilation-by-michel-houellebecq","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}