I Am Radar
Published on 24. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
672 pages
978-0-09-959364-5 (ISBN)
Description
A kaleidoscopic, epic novel about a lovestruck radio operator who discovers a secret society...
In 1975, a black child is mysteriously born to white parents.
His name is Radar Radmanovic.
Radar grows up in suburban New Jersey, but his story rapidly becomes entangled with terrible events in Yugoslavia, Norway, Cambodia, the Congo, and beyond. Falling in with a secretive group of puppeteers and scientists who stage experimental performances in war zones around the world, he is soon forced to confront the true nature of his identity.
In 1975, a black child is mysteriously born to white parents.
His name is Radar Radmanovic.
Radar grows up in suburban New Jersey, but his story rapidly becomes entangled with terrible events in Yugoslavia, Norway, Cambodia, the Congo, and beyond. Falling in with a secretive group of puppeteers and scientists who stage experimental performances in war zones around the world, he is soon forced to confront the true nature of his identity.
Reviews / Votes
Inventive and surreal * Financial Times * I Am Radar is as easy to enjoy for its swaggering tragicomic spirit as it is to admire for its celestial ambition * New York Times Book Review * Big, beautiful, ambitious... His prose is addictive and enchanting * Los Angeles Times * Larsen has wit, intelligence, empathy and imagination. What he turns his clear gifts to next promises to be fascinating -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday * Chameleonic, ambitious, epic, fantastical, whimsical, thought-provoking, arcane, philosophical, exhaustive, and completely bonkers - these are just some of the words that could be used to describe I Am Radar... Unquestionably one of the more adventurous entries into the literary landscape * Boston Globe * One of our most highly anticipated novels of the year * Time Out New York * I am Radar provides oldfangled delights. Larsen can describe humanity at its worst...but his lightness of touch and enjoyably complex characters keep you hoping for the best -- James Kidd * Literary Review * Larsen has wit, intelligence, empathy and imagination * Scotland on Sunday * Balances exciting stories with celebrations about the powers of electricity and political art. -- Randy Boyagoda * Guardian * Gripping ... masterly ... Larsen is an effortless magician, and his performance here is a pure delight * Publishers Weekly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
791 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-959364-5 (9780099593645)
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Reif Larsen is the author of The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and has now been made into a film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of Amelie.
He studied at Brown University and has taught at Columbia University. His essays and fiction have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Tin House, The Millions and The Believer. He lives in Scotland.
He studied at Brown University and has taught at Columbia University. His essays and fiction have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Tin House, The Millions and The Believer. He lives in Scotland.