- authenticity, power, simulacrum
A man receives fabulous recompense for a traumatic accident, and completes his recovery with an unusual therapy program that slowly spirals out of control.
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Contemporary, spare, prestige and cool.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Tom McCarthy
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 308
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307278357
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First sentence
“About the accident itself I can say very little.”
About Tom McCarthy · 1969
British writer
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