{"product_id":"submission-9781250097347","title":"Submission","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA controversial, intelligent, and mordantly funny new novel from France\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003es most famous living literary figure\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 2022. Fran ois is bored. He's a middle-aged lecturer at the New Sorbonne University and an expert on J. K. Huysmans, the famed nineteenth-century novelist associated with the Decadent movement. But Fran ois's own decadence is of considerably smaller scale. He sleeps with his students, eats microwave dinners, and watches YouPorn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, it's election season, and in an alliance with the Socialists, France's new Islamic party sweeps to power--and Islamic law is instituted. Women are veiled, polygamy is encouraged, and Fran ois is offered an irresistible academic advancement--on the condition that he converts to Islam. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA darkly comic masterpiece from one of France's great writers, \u003ci\u003eSubmission \u003c\/i\u003eby Michel Houellebecq has become an international sensation and one of the most discussed novels of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12117146\"\u003eMichel Houellebecq\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250097347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250097347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC052000\"\u003eSatire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC101040\"\u003eWorld Literature | France | 21st Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Houellebecq\u003c\/b\u003e is a French novelist, poet, and literary critic. His novels include the international bestseller\u003ci\u003eThe Elementary Particles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Map and the Territory\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2010 Prix Goncourt. He lives in France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701038977261,"sku":"9781250097347","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_01cc9fb6-fde1-4e11-8b61-87a8d2afeb97.jpg?v=1747446063","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/submission-9781250097347","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}