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Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780307388216
- ISBN-10: 0307388212
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: September 2011
- Dimensions: 8.02 x 5.19 x 0.93 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.66 pounds
- Page Count: 400
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