“For the new novel, however, having paid Mr. Houellebecq (pronounced WELL-beck) a reported $1.2 million advance, his publisher, Éditions Fayard, has taken no chances.” “The French Still Obsess Over Novelist of Despair” by Alan Riding, The New York Times, Sept….
A mouse questions the cat regarding the whereabouts of his slippers. The cat ate them, but swiftly regurgitates the rhodent’s footware, amazingly whole.