A poet, essayist and novelist, Michel Houellebecq is the author of three novels, Atomised (Les Particules -l-mentaires), Platform (Plateforme) and Whatever (Extension de la domaine de la lutte). He lives in Ireland.
Reads like a dream Time Out Tremendously enjoyable Times Literary Supplement Houellebecq captures the spirit of the age better than any other novelist, or any social historian, writing today Literary Review There is no other writer like him, at the moment, for wit, acuity or the transparent beauty of his prose. His themes are always big and bravely expounded Spectator What Houellebecq has in abundance is an ability to turn commonplace events into high comedy-I enjoyed [Lanzarote] enormously Sunday Telegraph