The Infatuation

a novel about extreme thinking

De: Rémy Roussetzki

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

This book belongs to several genres.

A French academic inherits two Miraflores apartments and their tenants: Alicia, resourceful and tender, and Spencer, a penniless Ivy-League dropout whose streaming sermons on “Desistence” turn kitchen-table talk into viral philosophy. The book weaves together family ghosts, Spencer’s intoxicating riffs, terrorism, Bartleby, and hacker networks into a portrait of persuasive power: the charisma that seduces and organizes a dangerous digital hive. Think memoir crossed with think-piece, equal parts warmth and warning.


The story contains: suicide ideation among young people influenced by extremist ideology; graphic descriptions of migrant deaths and violence at border crossings; detailed planning of potential mass casualty events; digital surveillance and privacy violation; financial extortion and cybercrime; and discussions of terrorism and extremist recruitment methods. The story also contains references to concentration camps in France and Holocaust trauma, as well as depictions of psychological manipulation and exploitation of vulnerable individuals.

On the other hand, the narrator's love for his wife is constant, even as he hides his internet activities from her. He holds on to her, and she stays by his side.