Sam Lipsyte on Houellebecq

This is a good essay on travelling with Michel Houellebecq, one of the 'bad boys' of French literature, written by Sam Lipsyte. If you've read either of them, or heard about them, or whatever, check it out.

Don't let the fact that it's in The Believer discourage you. Though an understandable impulse, they sometimes actually publish good writing.