Author(s): Tom McCarthy

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C follows the short, intense life of Serge Carrefax, a man who - as his name suggests - surges into the electric modernity of the early twentieth century, transfixed by the technologies that will obliterate him. Born to the sound of one of the very earliest experimental wireless stations, Serge finds himself steeped in a weird world of transmissions, whose very air seems filled with cryptic and poetic signals of all kinds. When personal loss strikes him in his adolescence, this world takes on a darker and more morbid aspect. What follows is a stunning tour de force in which the eerily idyllic settings of pre-war Europe give way to the exhilarating flight-paths of the frontline aeroplane radio operator, then the prison camps of Germany, the drug-fuelled London of the roaring twenties and, finally, the ancient tombs of Egypt.

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The author of 'one of the great English novels of the past ten years' moves to the next level, with a novel of thrilling action, imagination and ambition. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Shortlisted for Galaxy National Book Awards: Waterstone's UK Author of the Year 2010 and Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2010.

Tom McCarthy was born in 1969 and grew up in London. His creation, in 1999, of the International Necronautical Society (INS), a 'semi-fictitious organisation' that combines literature, art and philosophy, has led to publications, installations and exhibitions in galleries and museums around the world, from Tate Britain and the ICA in London to Moderna Museet in Stockholm and The Drawing Center in New York. Tom regularly writes on literature and art for publications including The New York Times, The London Review of Books and Artforum.

General Fields

  • : 9780099547020
  • : Vintage Publishing
  • : Vintage
  • : 0.229
  • : July 2011
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : October 2011
  • : books

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  • : Tom McCarthy
  • : Paperback
  • : 1011
  • : 823.92
  • : 320