{"product_id":"whatever-michel-houellebecq-9781846687846","title":"Whatever","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust thirty, with a well-paid job, no love life and a terrible attitude, the anti-hero of this grim, funny novel smokes four packs of cigarettes a day and writes weird animal stories in his spare time. A computer programmer by day, he is tolerably content, until he's packed off with a colleague - the sexually-frustrated Raphael Tisserand - to train provincial civil servants in the use of a new computer system\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Houellebecq's first novel was a smash hit in France, expressing the misanthropic voice of a generation. Like \u003cem\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/em\u003e, Houellebecq's bitter, sarcastic and exasperated narrator vociferously expresses his frustration and disgust with the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Houellebecq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1846687845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846687846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Serpent's Tail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Michel Houellebecq","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054420259071,"sku":"9781846687846","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a3fc02f-d3b5-47ad-84ef-5388201adeff.jpg?v=1685029866","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whatever-michel-houellebecq-9781846687846","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}