{"product_id":"9781846687846","title":"Whatever","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Houellebecq captures precisely the cynical disillusionment of disaffected youth.\"— \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This boy needs serious therapy. He may be beyond help.\"— \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust thirty, with a well-paid job, depression and no love life, the narrator and anti-hero par excellence of this grim, funny, and clever novel smokes four packs of cigarettes a day and writes weird animal stories in his spare time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA painfully realistic portrayal of the vanishing freedom of a world governed by science and by the empty rituals of daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichel Houellebecq\u003c\/b\u003e is a multi-award-winning French author. He currently lives in Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpent's Tail Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043347120368,"sku":"9781846687846","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781846687846_p0.jpg?v=1763747171","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781846687846","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}