This novel is most noteable for its apparent condoning of sex tourism and anti-Muslim feelings was by the same author who published a book of poems called what?
Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq (] ; born Michel Thomas; 26 February 1956) is a French author, filmmaker, and poet. Having written poetry and a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, he published his first novel, "Whatever", in 1994. "Atomised" followed in 1998, and "Platform" in 2001. He published a book of poems, "The Art of Struggle", in 1996.
A Thing of Beauty A Thing of Beauty is a novel by author A. J. Cronin, initially published in 1956, with the alternate title of "Crusader's Tomb". It tells the story of Stephen Desmonde, an English painter who struggles for recognition in a conventional world, sacrificing everything for his passion for art. The title is a reference to John Keats' 1818 poem, "Endymion", which begins with "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever."