'Who is it among you who deserves eternal life?' Houellebecq's dazzling newnovel, which moves between Paris, Andalucia and Lanzarotte, is a thoughtprovoking, sometimes shocking, and ultimately moving examination of themodern world, the trials of old age and the death of love. Written withthe ferocity and candour that has characterised all his work, it willdelight Houellebeq's fans, and win him many thousands more.