The Possibility Of An Island Av Michel Houellebecq

<p>The controversial, gripping novel from the bestselling, highly acclaimed author of ATOMISED and SEROTONIN.<br><b>''Essential reading for anyone concerned with the state of the contemporary world'' DAILY MAIL</b><br><br>Who, among you, deserves eternal life?<br><br>Daniel is a highly successful stand-up comedian who has made a career out of playing outrageously on the prejudices of his public. But at the beginning of the twenty-first century, he has begun to detest laughter in particular and mankind in general. Despite this, Daniel is unable to stop himself believing in the possibility of love.<br><br>A thousand years on, war, drought and earthquakes have decimated the earth and Daniel24 lives alone in a secure compound - his only companion, a cloned dog named Fox. Outside, the remnants of the human race roam in packs, while Daniel24 attempts to decipher his predecessor''s history. In a nightmarish vision of the implosion of the modern world, he, like his predecessor attempts to fath