Michel Houellebecq
1998
Around 270 pages
After reading the previous Houellebecq work, I knew this was going to be another ugly story with disturbing sexual imagery. And the List has apparently granted me psychic powers in addition to carpal tunnel syndrome, because I was spot on.
Better known by its alias Atomised, this tells the story of two half-brothers Bruno and Michel. Guess if they have a healthy relationship with sexuality? Go on, guess!
Like most of the disturbed works on the List, it was penned by a sexually frustrated man with mommy issues. And you know those guys are always fountains of wisdom. Just another myopic and misogynistic mess that is an entirely unnecessary addition to our pile of myopic and misogynistic books.
RATING: *----
Interesting Facts:
Interesting Facts:
Adapted to film in 2006.
Houellebecq's estranged mother, Lucie Ceccaldi, returned to France to publish The Innocent One, a rebuttal of his alleged mis-characterization of her parenting as contained in the novel.
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