Michel Houellebecq interviewed in the Paris Review

Susannah Hunnewell interviewed Michel Houellebecq in issue 194 (Fall 2010) of the Paris Review (and for some reason those pictures of him with Iggy Pop happened too):

INTERVIEWER

So how did your life change after The Elementary Particles?

HOUELLEBECQ

The biggest consequence of The Elementary Particles, apart from the money and not having to work, is that I have become known internationally. I’ve stopped being a tourist, for example, because my book tours have satisfied any desire I might have to travel. And as a result there are countries I have visited that you wouldn’t ordinarily go to, like Germany.