French novelist and poet Michel Houellebecq arrives at a reading of his latest book in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. The controversial author appears in public for the first time after his book « Soumission » (submission) was published on the day of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris. A cartoon of Houellebecq was published on the magazine’s cover page that day, giving attention to his book, describing a future France where a Muslim president is ruling the country according to Islamic law. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)/MME101/25163191914/1501192034