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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Scandalous and offensive, yet also literary and satirical political commentary. I couldn't quite get past the ennui mixed with the graphic sex scenes to focus on the political commentary or the literary dialogue with Joris-Karl Huysmans (French author and strange punk favorite). Houellebecq writes depressing books that focus on all the angst of meaningless lives.
Here, the meaningless life is being lived by a washed up literature professor who has hit middle age and is starting to think there's ...more
Here, the meaningless life is being lived by a washed up literature professor who has hit middle age and is starting to think there's ...more
