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by Michel Houellebecq

Recommended by Anna Khachiyan

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Fiction.

In his new work, Michel Houellebecq combines erotic provocation with a terrifying vision of a world teetering between satiety and fanaticism, to create one of the most shocking, hypnotic, and intelligent novels in years.In his early forties, Michel Renault skims through his days with as little human contact as possible. But following his father?s d...

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