Caveat emptor!

"Au Bonheur des Dames" (Emile Zola) does not seem very far in this beautiful futuristic novel.
Septimus Day founded "DAYS"; Gigastore the best in the world, a temple of consumption or all shots are allowed to sell and sell again.
7 The son of the founder took over the reins and run the store as a nation with its own laws.
A single course of action: the profit and abundance.
The human has no place. There is only one who lives to eat sheep.
To escape the widespread madness, animal rage, he must go, say no revolt. A difficult decision and frightening.

An intelligent work on the herd behavior of man, his brutality and submission.
Resist, "break the vicious circle" is rare.
The author nonetheless closes his book with Hope.
Redemption for some, love for others, death too.
Unfortunately not (over) an anticipatory work!