'The Possibility of an Island,' by Michel Houellebecq - The New York Times Book Review - New York Times

'The Possibility of an Island,' by Michel Houellebecq - The New York Times Book Review - New York Times: "In the English lad novel, the raffish cad learns to accept normal human limitations and eventually grows up. In the French lad novel, he not only refuses to grow up, he begets an entire anticivilization."