{"product_id":"platform-michel-houellebecq-9781400030262","title":"Platform","description":"In his new work, Michel Houellebecq combines erotic provocation with a terrifying vision of a world teetering between satiety and fanaticism, to create one of the most shocking, hypnotic, and intelligent novels in years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his early forties, Michel Renault skims through his days with as little human contact as possible. But following his father's death he takes a group holiday to Thailand where he meets a travel agent--the shyly compelling Val rie--who begins to bring this half-dead man to life with sex of escalating intensity and audacity. Arcing with dreamlike swiftness from Paris to Pattaya Beach and from sex clubs to a terrorist massacre, \u003cb\u003ePlatform\u003c\/b\u003e is a brilliant, apocalyptic masterpiece by a man who is widely regarded as one of the world's most original and daring writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Houellebecq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400030269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400030262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.22w x 0.58d","brand":"Michel Houellebecq","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052023247103,"sku":"9781400030262","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce70dc62-36ce-4bb8-8f87-85be1fd03c49.jpg?v=1685016528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/platform-michel-houellebecq-9781400030262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}