A review by sunnybopeep
H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq

3.0

Houellebecq’s essays on Lovecraft were good in the way an exceptionally well-written school report on an author is  good. He adds a little bit of insight and analysis, and Houellebecq is always a delight to read. Lovecraft, on thé other hand, seems to have been a horrible, evil man. I mean, I think when someone enthusiastically supports the genocide of “inferior races,” that’s reason enough to label them as being evil. The inclusion of two of Lovecraft’s stories at the back of the book was great for me, since I had never previously read any of his work. The Whisperer in the Darkness was pretty good. It had an Algernon Blackwood kind of pacing and structure to it. The first story reminded me a lot of Arthur Machen, who, if memory serves me right, is also referenced in it.