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"Michel Renault is a human void. Following the death of the father he barely knew, he endures his civil service job while eking out an existence of prepackaged pleasure, hollow friendships, TV dinners, and pornography. On a group holiday in Thailand, however, he meets the shyly compelling Valerie, who soon pursues an agenda that Michel himself could never have thought possible: his own humanization." "Back in Paris, they plunge into an affair that strays into S&M, public sex, and partner swapping, even as they devise a scheme to save Valerie's ailing travel company by capitalizing on the only…

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17 editions · 6 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    Platform
    Vintage · 272 pages · 9781400030262
  • Other · English · 2016
    Platform
    Penguin Random House · 9781448105472
  • Other · English · 2003
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    Vintage · 320 pages · 9780099437888
  • Other · English · 2003
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    Knopf · 272 pages · 9780375414626
  • Other · English · 2002
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    Heinemann · 362 pages · 9780434009893
  • Audiobook · French · 2021
    GALLIMARD · 9782072916311
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