The date for the publication of Michel Houellebecq’s sixth novel was 7 January 2015. The book’s title was Soumission (Submission), and rarely had pre-publication reviews for a book been so vitriolic. The French literary scene loathed the novel, which was set against the backdrop of the 2022 presidential election in which Marine Le Pen was forecast to triumph before centrist parties formed a coalition with an Islamist party, resulting in France’s first Muslim head of state. President Mohammed Ben Abbes immediately set about transforming the French Republic into an Islamic one.
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