The Red Arrow
Published on 16. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-5293-6969-4 (ISBN)
Description
'Insightful and often hilarious . . . a dazzling head-trip of a novel' Nathan Hill, author of The Nix
When a once-promising young writer agrees to ghostwrite a famous physicist's memoir, his livelihood is already in jeopardy: plagued by debt, he's grown distant from his wife - asuccessful AI designer - and is haunted by an overwhelming sense of dread he describes as 'The Mist'.
Then, things get worse.
The physicist vanishes, leaving everything in limbo, including our narrator's sanity.
'Exquisite . . . Brewer's evocation of the Mist is among the most accurate and insightful depictions of depression I've ever read' Los Angeles Times
When a once-promising young writer agrees to ghostwrite a famous physicist's memoir, his livelihood is already in jeopardy: plagued by debt, he's grown distant from his wife - asuccessful AI designer - and is haunted by an overwhelming sense of dread he describes as 'The Mist'.
Then, things get worse.
The physicist vanishes, leaving everything in limbo, including our narrator's sanity.
'Exquisite . . . Brewer's evocation of the Mist is among the most accurate and insightful depictions of depression I've ever read' Los Angeles Times
Reviews / Votes
The Red Arrow feels like a book that's gently tapping on your brain from a different dimension. It's an astonishing portrait of a distressed mind searching for peace and hope and harmony, and finding it in the most sublime of places. Deeply insightful and often hilarious, it's a dazzling head-trip of a novel, and a profound delight -- Nathan Hill, author of THE NIX Exceptional . . . deeply moving -- Fiona MozleyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
194 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5293-6969-4 (9781529369694)
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William Brewer is the author of I Know Your Kind, a winner of the National Poetry Series. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow, he is currently a Jones Lecturer at Stanford. He lives in Oakland.