'Reading Houellebecq is like being caught up in a tropical storm: you are blown away by the ferocity of his imagination' Observer
Michel Houellebecq lives in County Cork, Ireland. He is the bestselling author of Atomised, Platform and Whatever. He is also a poet, essayist and rap artist.
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. - THE TLS - David CowardHis deftly constructed novel is a bleak comment on contemporary society, at times funny, brutal and revolting. - THE ECONOMISTTHE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND is above all an aesthetic achievement. For this, Houellebecq should win the Prix Goncourt that polemics and personalities have made so elusive. - THE SCOTSMANan exhilarating writer....in a class of his own. - LITERARY REVIEW - Sebastian Shakespearethere is no doubt that he is a writer who deserves the serious attention that he is now receiving. - THE TIMES - Douglas Kennedyprovocative and satisfying fiction. - THE HERALD - Sam Phippsthe novel is essential reading for anyone concerned with the state of either contemporary fiction or the contemporary world. - THE DAILY MAIL - Michael Ardittithere are passages of irresistible black humour, savage condemnation and genuine (and surprising) sentiment. - THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY - Tim Martin
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. - THE TLS - David CowardHis deftly constructed novel is a bleak comment on contemporary society, at times funny, brutal and revolting. - THE ECONOMISTTHE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND is above all an aesthetic achievement. For this, Houellebecq should win the Prix Goncourt that polemics and personalities have made so elusive. - THE SCOTSMANan exhilarating writer....in a class of his own. - LITERARY REVIEW - Sebastian Shakespearethere is no doubt that he is a writer who deserves the serious attention that he is now receiving. - THE TIMES - Douglas Kennedyprovocative and satisfying fiction. - THE HERALD - Sam Phippsthe novel is essential reading for anyone concerned with the state of either contemporary fiction or the contemporary world. - THE DAILY MAIL - Michael Ardittithere are passages of irresistible black humour, savage condemnation and genuine (and surprising) sentiment. - THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY - Tim Martin
Upended by a midlife crisis, Daniel enters a cult that aims to secure eternal happiness-through cloning. A 50,000-copy first printing and a nine-city tour; from the bad-boy French author and winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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