C

Title: C
Author: Tom McCarthy
ISBN: 9780307388216
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 400
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description:

Opening in England at the turn of the twentieth century, C is the story of Serge Carrefax, whose father experiments with wireless communication while running a school for deaf children. Serge grows up amid the noise and silence with his brilliant but troubled older sister, Sophie: an intense sibling relationship that haunts him as he heads off into an equally troubled larger world. As Serge goes from a Bohemian spa to the skies of World War I, and from a German prison camp into the tombs of Egypt, we follow his life through the tumultuous course of the nascent modern era. Tom McCarthy--acclaimed author of Remainder--has created a truly singular character, and a world that sparkles with historical breadth and postmodern originality.