after Being Attacked On The Underground, Carl Awakens From A Coma To A Life That Seems Strange And Unfamiliar. He Arrives At His Friends' House Without Knowing How He Got There. Nor Do They. He Seems To Be Having An Affair With His Secretary Which Is Exciting, But Unlikely. Further Unsettled By Leaps In Logic And Time, Carl Wonders If He's Actually Reacting To The Outside World, Or If He's Terribly Mistaken. So Begins A Psychological Adventure That Stretches The Boundaries Of Conciousness.
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in The Latest Novel By The Bestselling Author Of The Generation X Thriller The Beach, A Young Man Who Fell Into A Coma After Being Assaulted On The London Underground Tries To Piece His Life Back Together. Shuttling In Dreamlike Fashion Between His Hospital Bed And A Hazy Succession Of Places-his Apartment, Friends' Houses, A Record Shop, A Bookshop, His Childhood Home, A Shrine-he Sifts Through Conflicting Memories Of His Past And Unanswerable Questions About His Present. The Novel Reaches For Kafkaesque Ambiguity-is The Narrator Awake Or In A Dream? Did He Ever Come Out Of The Coma? Is There A Difference Between Ourselves And Our Fantasies?-but Garland's Parable Feels More Like An Exercise Than A True Exploration, Constricted By Its Sluggish Pace And Plodding Prose (i Stood. I Raised A Hand. I Said, `hey' ). Forty Woodblock Illustrations By The Author's Father, Sir Nicholas Garland, A Political Cartoonist And Artist, Are Handsome But Function As Little More Than Filler. By The End Of The Story, With The Narrator Unable To Tell The Difference Between Reality And Fantasy, He Finally Decides, None Of It Was Real. I Didn't Care. Chances Are Good The Reader Will Feel The Same Way. Agent, Robin Straus. Author Tour. (july 6) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Psychological Thrillers
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : Riverhead Books
Author : Garland, Alex
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2005-07-05
Number Of Pages : 208
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1594480850
ISBN-13 : 9781594480850
Item weight : 0.4 lb
Dimensions : 0.7 in x 5.2 in x 7.8 in
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