This book is a "shock". In a sometimes very unsettling style, which can hurt the most "pure" souls will say, Michel Houellebecq takes us on a tour of today's society. No sequins or rhinestones, everything goes to be analyzed in detail. If we want objective, fully recognizes our most human traits that we want strives to deny or erase to appear more healthy, or saint? But deep down we plunge easily into this "abomination" repressed. The form of the book is also confusing because we apprehend that very gently sense, but it's actually seen the writing as well. A book to read slowly, at the speed of history, to be able to enjoy all the other senses.