What does the man who has everything―fame, fortune, a new love, and a
new baby―want for his fiftieth birthday? The answer is simple: eternal
life. Determined to shake off the first intimations of his approaching
demise, Frédéric tries every possible procedure to ward off death,
examining both legal and illegal research into techniques that could
lead to the imminent replacement of man with a post-human species.
Accompanied by his ten-year-old daughter and her robot friend, Frédéric
crisscrosses the globe to meet the world's foremost researchers on human
longevity, who--from cell rejuvenation and telomere lengthening to
3D-printed organs and digitally stored DNA--reveal their latest
discoveries. With his blend of deadpan humor and clear-eyed perception,
Beigbeder has penned a brutal and brilliant exposé of the enduring issue
of our own mortality.