A good example that the right cover can make or break your book. If this one didn't have a naked woman on the cover, I probably never would have noticed it at the bookstore. Now I did, picked it up for closer inspection, saw all the quotes about Houellebecq being the next Camus etc, and decided that what the heck, it's about time I read something other than British/American/Finnish literature. And it turned out to be a good choice. Interesting characters, fascinating events, and lots of different sex scenes. The only thing I didn't like about the book was the whole underlying ideology that real feelings don't exist in modern society, but I'm not sure if the author even intended that to be taken so seriously, maybe it was just an extreme version of some trends that can be found in today's culture.