Whatever
«Funny, terrifying and nauseating»
Independent
Just thirty, with a well-paid job, no love life and a terrible attitude, the anti-hero of this grim, funny novel smokes four packs of cigarettes a day and writes weird animal stories in his spare time. Les mer
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Houellebecq's first novel was a smash hit in France, expressing the misanthropic voice of a generation. Like A Confederacy of Dunces, Houellebecq's bitter, sarcastic and exasperated narrator vociferously expresses his frustration and disgust with the world.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Serpent's Tail
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 160
- ISBN
- 9781846687846
- Utgivelsesår
- 2011
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Funny, terrifying and nauseating»
Independent
«The balance between philosophy and narrative detail is perfectly judged; the book slips down easily like a bad oyster. As is the nature of such things, it is grimly comic»
Nicholas Lezard, Guardian
«Le grand fromage du jour»
The Face
«It could well turn out to be a cult here too ... astonishing»
Time Out
«Snappy, bite-sized, and often very funny. Is it European exhaustion? Is it the soul of man under late capitalism? Millenial gloom? Post-Christian despair? Is it the death of love? Whatever. But Houellebecq describes it perfectly»
Literary Review
«This boy needs serious therapy. He may be beyond help»
Washington Post
«Houellebecq captures precisely the cynical disillusionment of disaffected youth»
Booklist