description: From the cover: "Michel Renault is a human void. Following the death of a father he barely knew, he endures his civil service job while eking out an existence of prepackaged pleasure, hollow friendships, TV dinners, and pornography. On a group holiday to Thailand, however, he meets the shyly compelling Valerie who soon pursues an agenda that Michel himself could have never thought possible: his own humanization.Back in Paris, they plunge into an affair that strays into S&amp;M, public sex, and partner swapping, even as they plan to save Valerie ailing travel company by capitalizing on the only trade Michel has ever seen flourish in the Third World. Before long, he quits his job and his business model for "sex tourism" is gradually implemented. But when they return to Thailand, where Michel's philosophy is to be put into practice, he discovers that sex is neither the most consuming nor dangerous of passions..."
language: English
title: Platform
titlecomplete: Platform
characters: Valérie, Jean-Yves, Michel Renault
genres: Literature, Sexuality, Novels, 21st Century, France, Roman, French Literature, Fiction, Travel, Contemporary
ratings_count: 21860
places: Paris, Thailand
publisher: Vintage