Professor Michel Jouvet, author and hero of the novel “The Dream Thief,” is a neurophysiologist and neurologist, one of the three “founding fathers” of modern somnology (the science of sleep), a member of the French National Academy of Sciences, and a laureate of many scientific awards. “I wanted to talk about how one could (or could not) change a person’s personality by influencing certain dream mechanisms with drugs,” says the author. Behind the intriguing plot, sometimes dramatic, sometimes comic, lie the author’s deep thoughts about the fate of Europe, the role of science, his concern for the future of humanity... Fascinating reading for both specialists and a wide range of readers who are not alien to modern science.