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Writer denies novel about Muslim-run France was designed to 'provoke'

Leading French novelist Michel Houellebecq has been accused of inciting Islamophobia with his latest book 'Submission'.

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France's most notorious and internationally best-known novelist Michel Houellebecq insisted Saturday that his new book “Submission”, which envisions a future France ruled by a Muslim government, is not a far-right racist scare story, reports FRANCE 24.

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