Platform (novel)

Platform is a novel by French writer Michel Houellebecq (translated from the French by Frank Wynne). It has received both great praise and great criticism. The novel has been criticized for its contraversial content, including sexual elements some consider to be obscene, such as bisexuality and polyamory, and opinions some consider offensive to Islam.

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Novel - French - Michel Houellebecq - Frank Wynne - Bisexuality - Polyamory - Islam

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Extracts from the novel, together with an interview he accorded the magazine Lire led to charges being brought against him by France's Human Rights League, the Mecca-based World Islamic League and the mosques of Paris and Lyon in a trial reminiscent of Britain's Salman Rushdie affair. A panel of three judges, delivering their verdict to a packed Paris courtroom, acquitted Houellebecq of the charges of provoking racial hatred.

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World Islamic League - Salman Rushdie

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The story is the first-person narrative of a fictional character named Michel Renault (undoubtedly closely based on the author), a Parisian civil servant who, after the death of his father, engages in sexual tourism in Thailand, where he meets a travel agent named Valérie.

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Parisian - Sexual tourism - Thailand

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