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A review by brickey
The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq, Michel
3.0
The map is not the territory is a favorite phrase of mine so I was drawn to this book. I'd read Platform and Elementary Particles several years ago and felt that reading Houellebecq was sort of like the embarassment and laughter of an adolescent boy over dirty jokes and some sad mature male frustration.
But I liked this one because it was wacky but didn't seem gimicky to me. Some of this reminded me of the movie Adaptation but better (appearance of writer in book, wierd pop culture crime genre-like ending). There are fewer instances in this book of his writing seeming to be there to try to just bait you into being offended.
But I liked this one because it was wacky but didn't seem gimicky to me. Some of this reminded me of the movie Adaptation but better (appearance of writer in book, wierd pop culture crime genre-like ending). There are fewer instances in this book of his writing seeming to be there to try to just bait you into being offended.