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He was one of the bestknown, if not always bestloved, french novelists of the early 21st century. Though alone for much of his life, he was nonetheless occasionally in touch with other men. Buy this book houellebecq s controversial novel, which. Atomised, by michel houellebecq books the guardian. All the while i was trying to sneak in a reading of the elementary particles, by michel houellebecq.
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