Review
“McCarthy is fast revealing himself as a master craftsman who is steering the contemporary novel towards exciting territories.”
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The Observer (London)
“A confident and intelligent meditation on failed flights of transcendence.”
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Times Literary Supplement“[McCarthy] is the standard-bearer of the avant-garde novel.”
—Slate“A compelling and imaginative philosophical novel; McCarthy describes a world in which we are only occasionally party to brief, frightening intimations of greater forces at work, like the mysterious half-tuned transmissions at the ends of a radio dial.”
—Frieze Magazine“McCarthy [is] a formidable talent as a novelist.”
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The Nation
--This text refers to the
Kindle Edition
edition.
About the Author
Tom McCarthy was born in 1969 and lives in London. He is known in the art world for the reports, manifestos, and media interventions he has made as General Secretary of the International Necronautical Society (INS), a semi-fictitious avant-garde network. His other books include
C, Remainder, and Tintin and the Secret of Literature.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.