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Theo Tait: Michel Houellebecq, 9 February 2006
Houellebecq non autorisé: enquête sur un phénomène
by Denis Demonpion.
Maren Sell, 377 pp., €20, August 2005,2 35004 022 4 Show More
by Denis Demonpion.
Maren Sell, 377 pp., €20, August 2005,
The Possibility of an Island
by Michel Houellebecq, translated by Gavin Bowd.
Weidenfeld, 345 pp., £12.99, November 2005,0 297 85098 9 Show More
by Michel Houellebecq, translated by Gavin Bowd.
Weidenfeld, 345 pp., £12.99, November 2005,
“... translated as Platform, 2003) he is even called Michel. Nevertheless, it’s a shock, on reading Denis Demonpion’s biography, to learn quite how much of Houellebecq’s life has been thrust raw – though often distorted – into his novels. It’s no surprise that his first novel is, like many first novels, closely modelled on the author’s ... ”
