The Resource The one-eyed man, Ron Currie
The one-eyed man, Ron Currie
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Resource Information
The item The one-eyed man, Ron Currie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- "From the "startlingly talented" (New York Times) author of Everything Matters! - the compelling story of a man who takes everything far too literally, and his adventures as the star of a reality TV show. Ron Currie's three previous works of fiction have dazzled readers and critics alike with their originality, audacity, and psychological insight. A writer of unique vision and huge imagination, Currie excels at creating complex, troubled, yet endearing characters, and his work has won comparison to everyone from Kurt Vonnegut to George Saunders. K., the intriguing narrator of Currie's new novel, joins the ranks of other great American literary creations who show us something new about ourselves. Like Jack Gladney from White Noise, K. is possessed of a hyper-articulate exasperation with the world, and like Ignatius J. Reilly in A Confederacy of Dunces, he is a doomed truth teller whom everyone misunderstands. After his wife Sarah dies, K. loses his metaphorical capacity, becoming so wedded to the notion of clarity that he infuriates everyone, friends and strangers alike. When he intervenes in an armed robbery, K. finds himself both an inadvertent hero and the star of a new reality television program. Together with Claire, a grocery store clerk with a sharp tongue and a yen for celebrity, he travels the country, ruffling feathers and gaining fame at the intersection of American politics and entertainment. But soon, through a conflagration of biblical proportions, he discovers that the world will fight viciously to preserve its delusions about itself"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Note
- First published in the United States by Viking, 2017
- Isbn
- 9780143110453
- Label
- The one-eyed man
- Title
- The one-eyed man
- Statement of responsibility
- Ron Currie
- Title variation
- One eyed man
- Subject
-
- trueVigilantes
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueAnnoyance
- trueMisunderstanding
- Truth -- Fiction
- trueMisconceptions
- Widowers -- Fiction
- trueWidowers
- Reality television programs -- Fiction
- trueSatirical fiction
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century -- Fiction
- trueDelusions
- Families -- Fiction
- trueReality television programs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the "startlingly talented" (New York Times) author of Everything Matters! - the compelling story of a man who takes everything far too literally, and his adventures as the star of a reality TV show. Ron Currie's three previous works of fiction have dazzled readers and critics alike with their originality, audacity, and psychological insight. A writer of unique vision and huge imagination, Currie excels at creating complex, troubled, yet endearing characters, and his work has won comparison to everyone from Kurt Vonnegut to George Saunders. K., the intriguing narrator of Currie's new novel, joins the ranks of other great American literary creations who show us something new about ourselves. Like Jack Gladney from White Noise, K. is possessed of a hyper-articulate exasperation with the world, and like Ignatius J. Reilly in A Confederacy of Dunces, he is a doomed truth teller whom everyone misunderstands. After his wife Sarah dies, K. loses his metaphorical capacity, becoming so wedded to the notion of clarity that he infuriates everyone, friends and strangers alike. When he intervenes in an armed robbery, K. finds himself both an inadvertent hero and the star of a new reality television program. Together with Claire, a grocery store clerk with a sharp tongue and a yen for celebrity, he travels the country, ruffling feathers and gaining fame at the intersection of American politics and entertainment. But soon, through a conflagration of biblical proportions, he discovers that the world will fight viciously to preserve its delusions about itself"--
- Summary
- Recently widowed and exasperated with the world, K. intervenes in an armed robbery and inadvertently becomes a reluctant hero and also a star of a new reality show
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10554938
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Currie, Ron
- Dewey number
- 813
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Widowers
- Families
- Truth
- Reality television programs
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The one-eyed man, Ron Currie
- Note
- First published in the United States by Viking, 2017
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063616140
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143110453
- Lccn
- 2016056831
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- The one-eyed man, Ron Currie
- Note
- First published in the United States by Viking, 2017
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063616140
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143110453
- Lccn
- 2016056831
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- trueAnnoyance
- trueDelusions
- Families -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMisconceptions
- trueMisunderstanding
- trueReality television programs
- Reality television programs -- Fiction
- trueSatirical fiction
- Truth -- Fiction
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century -- Fiction
- trueVigilantes
- trueWidowers
- Widowers -- Fiction
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