Sérotonine

Florent-Claude Labrouste, a depressed agronomist numbed by an antidepressant that destroys his desire, walks out of his life and sets off across a France that tramples its traditions and lays waste to its countryside on the brink of revolt. He recalls his work, his friendship with an aristocratic farmer (an unforgettable inverted double), the failed ideals of their youth, and the perhaps insane hope of recovering a lost love. A novel about the ravages of a world without kindness or solidarity, and about remorse and regret, by France’s most provocative writer.