Book · 2019 · Fiction
Serotonin
A Novel
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If you go for later works, I would recommend Serotonin, which also gave him a Nostradamus-like quality in France because he seemed to predict part of the yellow vest and farmers protests that shook the country.
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Serotonin is a novel by Michel Houellebecq. On The Ezra Klein Show episode What ‘Hyperpolitics’ Explains About This Era, aired on September 8, 2026, Anton Jäger recommended the book when discussing the author's later literary output. Jäger praised the novel for exhibiting a Nostradamus-like quality within France, explaining that the narrative appeared to anticipate real-world events. Specifically, the speaker noted that the book seemed to foresee aspects of the yellow vest movement and the subsequent farmer protests that ultimately shook the country. Jäger highlighted this prescient understanding of contemporary society as a defining characteristic of the author's work, demonstrating how fiction can mirror or foreshadow underlying social unrest and political grievances. The recommendation underscored the novel's eerie relevance to modern political uprisings, offering listeners a literary perspective on the deep-seated economic and cultural tensions driving contemporary European movements and public demonstrations.
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Anton Jäger If you go for later works, I would recommend Serotonin, which also gave him a Nostradamus-like quality in F… 1
“If you go for later works, I would recommend Serotonin, which also gave him a Nostradamus-like quality in France because he seemed to predict part of the yellow vest and farmers protests that shook the country.”
