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An uncanny gift for prophecy — the genius of Michel Houellebecq

His latest novel, Serotonin, written before the gilets jaunes movement, depicts the rapid deterioration of rural France, squeezed by the EU and globalisation

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  • Serotonin

    Michel Houellebecq, translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside

    William Heinemann, pp. 320, £20

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