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.
Sarah May Sarah May (born 1972 in Northumberland) is an English author. Her first book, "The Nudist Colony" (1999), was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Her other books include "Spanish City" (2002), "The Internationals" (2003), and "The Rise and Fall of the Queen of Suburbia" (2006). A reviewer in "The Guardian" wrote of "Spanish City": "the world conjured into view by May's slanted approach to scene and dialogue is peculiarly charged and vivid."