ARGONAUT BOOKS

With the stylistic mastery of Georges Perec and nihilism of Michel Houellebecq, Perfection, superbly translated by Sophie Hughes, is a brilliantly scathing sociological novel about the emptiness of contemporary existence, beautifully written, impossibly bleak. Reviews 'The book artfully lays out detail upon detail of Anna and Tom's quotidian existence in forensic, deadpan style…. But where is reality, Latronico asks in this sharp, deliciously pessimistic novel…. [A]lienation from the self is at the hollow, restless heart of Anna and Tom's lives: constantly year...Read More