Synopsis
2008. The California desert. A four-year-old boy disappears in the wilderness and his parents find themselves at the centre of a media witch-hunt. A British rock star hides out at a run-down motel. A teenage Iraqi refugee lives a surreal life as a role-player in a military simulation.
The present is connected to the past. The earth is connected to the sky. These stories connect with others - an eighteenth-century Franciscan explorer; a Mormon miner who can hear the silver singing in the rocks; a guilt-ridden aircraft engineer trying to contact Venus. Behind them all is Coyote, the trickster, who subverts the laws of Gods and men.
A compulsively readable journey into the twists and turns of a handful of human lives, Gods Without Men is also a heartfelt exploration of our search for pattern and meaning in a random and chaotic universe.
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Reviews
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‘Complex, disturbing. Kunzru takes pains with historical accuracy, writes beautifully constructed sentences’ - Annie Proulx, Financial Times
‘A beautifully written echo chamber of a novel’ - David Mitchell
‘Rather extraordinary, smart, innovative, a revelation. Has the counterculture feel of a late-1960s US campus hit – something by Vonnegut or Pynchon or Wolfe. Genuinely interesting and exhilarating . . . will appeal to fans of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. Clever and extremely enjoyable’ - Guardian
‘One of the most socially observant and skilful novelists around. Consistently gripping and entertaining’ - Literary Review
‘Compulsively readable, skilfully orchestrated. Kunzru’s great American novel’ - Independent
‘Kunzru at his best . . . powerful, almost dizzying in scope’ - New Statesman
‘Funny, beautifully observed. Raises big questions about how far events and people, past and present, are connected. Surprisingly moving’ - Psychologies
‘One of our most important novelists. Never less than entertaining’ - Independent on Sunday
‘Richly detailed, electrically entertaining, a dark portrait of modern morals’ - GQ
‘Kunzru’s biggest, most ambitious and most engaging novel to date’ - The Times
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780241143117
Size : 153 x 234mm
Pages : 400
Published : 04 Aug 2011
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
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Gods Without Men
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