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The Possibility of an Island
Michel Houellebecq
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Description for The Possibility of an Island
Paperback. The new novel from the bestselling, highly acclaimed and always controversial author of Atomised. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
The controversial, gripping novel from the bestselling, highly acclaimed author of ATOMISED and SEROTONIN.
'Essential reading for anyone concerned with the state of the contemporary world' DAILY MAIL
Who, among you, deserves eternal life?
Daniel is a highly successful stand-up comedian who has made a career out of playing outrageously on the prejudices of his public. But at the beginning of the twenty-first century, he has begun to detest laughter in particular and mankind in general. Despite this, Daniel is unable to stop himself believing in the possibility of love.
A thousand years on, war, drought and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753821183
SKU
V9780753821183
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99-10
About Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq lives in County Cork, Ireland. He is the bestselling author of the Atomised, Platform and Whatever. He is also a poet, essayist and rap artist.
Reviews for The Possibility of an Island
Takes you by the throat and shakes you. A bracing mix of visionary Aldous Huxley, Evelyn Waugh at his cruellest, and ranting John Osborne, THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND is a charging bull in the china shop of modern fiction
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND is above all an aesthetic achievement. For this, Houellebecq ... Read more
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND is above all an aesthetic achievement. For this, Houellebecq ... Read more