A poet, essayist, and novelist, Michel Houellebecq is the author of three novels, The Elementary Particles (Les Particules élémentaires), Platform (Plateforme), and Whatever (Extension de la domaine de la lutte). He lives in Ireland.

• October 2004: H. P. Lovecraft: Against Nature, Against Life
  The first appearance in English of Houellebecq’s appreciation of Lovecraft, “the supreme antidote against all forms of reason.”