Set in Paris in 2022, a controversial Muslim leader wins the presidential election and introduces Islamic law throughout the country. An academic, Francois, now has to try and deal with a Paris in which all women must be veiled and his job at the Islamic University of Paris-Sorbonne is in jeopardy. 
 I really quite enjoyed this novel in the beginning. The translation is very good, the whole thing flows well. The musings of Francois are interesting if highly conceited and insufferable. I liked being with him however, he somehow drew me in. The problem with his novel is that it is plagued with long and boring passages every couple of pages that really take you out of the work. Luckily, the good and the bad is 50/50 throughout and I can say that this is overall a good and somewhat memorable book.