Michel Houellebecq won France's Goncourt Prize for his book The Map and the Territory, which "satirizes the Paris art world, telling the story of a misanthropic artist who achieves critical and commercial success by photographing old Michelin maps," BBC News reported.
"Among all the people who are going to discover my books thanks to this prize, I hope I won't disappoint them and they'll be happy," Houellebecq said.
