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But, his boiler is still broken, his ailing father flirts with oblivion and, worst of all, he is contacted by an inspector requiring his help in solving an unspeakable, atrocious and gruesome crime, involving none other than celebrated novelist Michel Houellebecq...
Shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2013.
A delicious exercise in satire and self-parody... His best ever
The outlaw of French letters returns with an acerbic riff on art and celebrity... witty, wildly erudite
A dark master of invention... From the very first paragraph of this brilliant novel, the reader can be in no doubt that they're in the blisteringly bleak, darkly inventive grand massif that is Houellebeqc land
This book, so beautifully written, so inspiriting for all its pessimism, is the new novel I have loved best this year. We have not his equal
Impressive... Beguiling... He is a true original
Michel Houellebecq is a poet, essayist and novelist. He is the author of several novels including The Map and the Territory (winner of the Prix Goncourt), Atomised, Platform, Whatever and Submission. He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 2019.