Public Enemies

A dialogue through letters exchanged over six months between the popular nihilist Michel Houellebecq and the caviar-loving leftist philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy. The provocative clash of views touches on Sartre, Kafka, eczema, relationships with fathers and the left, and the existence of God.

On one side stands a self-assured, tanned intellectual; on the other, a depressive novelist with a perpetual cigarette in the corner of his mouth. Their contrasting worldviews create a highly volatile and explosive exchange.