I finally got around to reading Michel Houellebecq’s The Elementary Particles. I’d already read Submission and Whatever, which were good, but TEP is clearly the masterpiece. I was aware of Houellebecq before he got cool in the United States but shamefacedly lagged when it came to reading his definitive book. At this point, suburban dads are passing it around, whispering about the dark and unpalatable truths it contains…
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