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The Possibility of an Island

by Michel Houellebecq

A worldwide phenomenon and the most important French novelist since Camus, Michel Houellebecq now delivers his magnum opus–a tale of our present circumstances told from the future, when humanity as we know it has vanished.

Surprisingly poignant, philosophically compelling, and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, The Possibility of an Island is at once an indictment, an elegy, and a... (more)

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Derek G
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remarkable story

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david d
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boo. lots of extraneous crap in the form of social commentary that was not only way over my head but pretty uninteresting. Just enough going on to keep me reading. Wish I hadn't.

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