Hund 51

A novel that echoes our unsettling present. In the megacity of the future, Zem Sparak takes a job as a police aide and works as a "dog" in the acidic rain of Zone 3. His homeland, Greece, has long ceased to exist: at GoldTex, a corporation that subjugates bankrupt countries, cynicism and violence reign. One morning, a corpse sliced open along the entire length of the spine jolts Zem out of his indifference. Somewhere, he knows, there is still a truth. Together with Salia Malberg, a commissioner from Zone 2, he embarks on a search that also leads him into his past. In a fast-paced rhythm and with poetic imagery, Laurent Gaudé poses our most pressing questions: How do we want to live in the future? And what awaits us? The major bestseller from France.