Una vision feroz y sarcastica del presente a traves de dos hermanastros cuarentones, Michel, un investigador en biologia que vive como un monje, ha renunciado al sexo y solo pasea para ir al supermercado, y Bruno, profesor de literatura, consumidor de pornografia, misogino, racista y virtuoso del resentimiento. Una novela demoledora sobre una generacion derrotada de la mano del mas contundente escritor frances vivo. / This is a fierce and satirical look at the present day through the eyes of two stepbrothers in their forties. Michel is a biology researcher who lives like a monk, having renounced sex, and spends most of his spare time browsing the supermarket. Bruno is a literature professor, mass porn consumer, misogynist, racist and expert in resentment. This is a devastating novel about a defeated generation, by Frances most shrewd writer.