Tags: Novel.
Extension du domaine de la lutte (literal English translation: ‘broadening of the battlefield'; published in English as Whatever) is the debut novel of French writer Michel Houellebecq which was published in 1994 in France and in 1998 in the UK by Serpent’s Tail and released in 1999 as a film (directed by and starring Philippe Harel). The novel tells the story of a depressed and isolated man stuck in a tedious but well-paying programming job.