In this novel, winner of the Prix Goncourt 2010, there isnt one story but many. Jed Martin, the main character, is an extraordinary artist. First of Michelin maps photographer, he then became a painter in full exercise of their profession personalities and achieved international fame. His works sarrachent millions of euros yet Largent does not buy happiness. Its almost nonexistent relationships, his relationship with his father that he does not see that on Christmas Eve, loneliness, life in general are that it is not happy. Houellebecq himself is a character in the novel. It deals with universal themes like money, love, work, death, disappointments of life. A write always nice to read that immerses you in an amazing universe, and an end to the most unexpected way of a thriller. An original novel that does not leave you a minute of respite!
