{"product_id":"9781035026418-annihilation-the-international-no-1-bestseller","title":"Annihilation","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA number one bestseller in France, Germany and Italy, the masterpiece from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAtomised\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSubmission\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A must-read' – \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Houellebecq’s new book proves he is one of the world’s greatest novelists' – \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 \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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, \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation \u003c\/i\u003emoves seamlessly between tense espionage thriller and poignant family drama. The result is an extraordinary and moving meditation on loving, caring and dying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eAnnihilation \u003c\/i\u003eleans neither towards hope nor despair, but towards a transcendent serenity' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated from the French by Shaun Whiteside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003csub\u003eAnnihilation \u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003csub\u003ewas a #1 \u003ci\u003eLivres Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller in France w\/c 10\/01\/2022, and a #1 \u003ci\u003eSpiegel \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller in Germany w\/c 24\/01\/2022\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41840455712865,"sku":"9781035026418","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34583747_d13d4e84-6c3b-4e63-b4b7-88ce64da211d.jpg?v=1748465947","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035026418-annihilation-the-international-no-1-bestseller","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}