Aurélien Bellanger is a novelist and philosopher. After La Théorie de l’information (2012; The Theory of Information), his masterful plunge into the world of new technology, he published L’Aménagement du territoire (Land-Use Planning, 2014), which won last year’s Prix de Flore. The novel revolves around the construction of a high-speed train line in a country village and the secrets this work brings to light. Bellanger weaves a skillful narrative around a gallery of characters caught up in a clandestine plot.