Title: Elementary Particles - Michel Houellebecq - book
Summary :
Michel, a rigorously deterministic biology researcher incapable of love, manages the decline of his sexuality by devoting himself to work, his Monoprix, and tranquilizers. A sabbatical year gives his discoveries a turn that will turn the world upside down. Bruno, for his part, persists in a desperate quest for sexual pleasure. Will a stay at the Lieu du Changement, a post-1968 campsite with a New Age feel, change his life? One evening, in the jacuzzi, a bold-mouthed stranger gives him a glimpse of the practical possibility of happiness. Through their chaotic family and romantic journeys, the two half-brothers exemplify Western suicide—unless they announce the imminence of a mutation.
