Platform A Novel

“Howard Stern meets Albert Camus in this novel of sex and alienation . . . Houellebecq has sharp observations about ennui in the Western world...more

“Howard Stern meets Albert Camus in this novel of sex and alienation . . . Houellebecq has sharp observations about ennui in the Western world and rage in the Muslim one.”–Kyle Smith, People“Astute, graceful, sexually preoccupied . . . Houellebecq rewards with glimpses through his particularly keen lens.”–Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun“A novel at once brilliant, charming, puzzling, annoying and sometimes downright repulsive . . . The work of a highly talented writer.”–Jean Charbonneau, Cleveland Plain Dealer“The talented, cynical Houellebecq blasts Western culture and Islam in his odd, subversive entertainment.”–Carlo Wolff, The Boston Globe“Blunt, arrogant, coolly detached, ultra-sophisticated, impeccably and simply presented, intellectually self-assured and very self-conscious . . . This is the real thing, the kind of novel that ends up in the canon.”–Michel Basilières, The Toronto Star   less