At last science fiction since Jules Verne! "Les particules élémentaires" paints a merciless, cold image of our company and finally refers to the future, but which is still able to give meaning to our miserable existence. What philosophy, molecular biology and quantum mechanics have to do with social change, only a genius like Houellebecq can answer. Who is but just plagued by self-doubt or an identity crisis, should this novel cancel occasion for one, because this book is evil!