Jed Martin is an artist who becomes famous for photographs of Michelin road maps, which he turns into the series "The Map Is More Interesting Than the Territory." His next series, of portraits of people in different professions, brings him fortune, and includes a portrait of the writer Michel Houellebecq, who then appears as a character in the book. When the writer is found murdered, the case unfolds through a police inquiry. Houellebecq uses the story to reflect on art, work, the market, aging and the decline of French rural life.
Readers who like intellectual novels with dry humor and a surprising turn will find an ambitious book.
Deep and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Deep Diver. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Flammarion
- ISBN
- 9782081246331
- Language
- FR
