A French Novelist Imagined Sexual Dystopia. Now It’s Arrived. (Published 2018)

Michel Houellebecq, Paris, 2014.Credit...Miguel Medina/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images When Alek Minassian drove a van onto a Toronto sidewalk in April, killing 10 people, he joined a growing list of young male mass murderers. He also left a trail of internet posts suggesting his motivation had to do with his status as an “incel,” or involuntary celibate — a label adopted by men who are unable