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The Gone-Away World
"A flat-out ferociously good novel.... Reads like a surrealist smashup of Pynchon and Pratchett, Vonnegut and Heller." --Austin Chronicle
Gonzo Lubitch and his best friend have been inseparable since birth. They grew up together, they studied kung-fu together, they rebelled in college together, and they fought in the Go Away War together. Now, with the world in shambles and dark, nightmarish clouds billowing over the wastelands, they have been tapped for an incredibly perilous mission. But they quickly realize that this assignment is more complex than it seems, and before it is over they will have encountered everything from mimes, ninjas, and pirates to one ultra-sinister mastermind, whose only goal is world domination.
Book Details
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: Aug 11st, 2009
- Pages: 592
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.20in - 1.02in - 0.94lb
- EAN: 9780307389077
- Categories: • Literary• Dystopian• Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
About the Author
More books by Nick Harkaway
What people are saying
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@bobzyeruncle How about The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi, or A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James?
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What book have you read the most? The Gone-Away World by @Harkaway is about to pass Fight Club by @chuckpalahniuk for me. https://t.co/KvsCzKUC2T
Praise for this book
"Harkaway delivers plenty of action and surprises.... Likely to be this season's major conversation-starter." --San Francisco Chronicle
"A gripping, satirical, postapocalyptic war epic populated with mimes, ninjas, bureaucrats, chimera, and gun-toting nerds." --New York Magazine
"Very funny and hugely entertaining.... And brilliant. Read it." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Bewilders, amazes, entertains.... a Catch-22 for the 21st century.... a work of extraordinary imagination and charisma...genius" --The New York Observer
"Leaves the reader gasping for both adjectives and description. It's a powerful and accomplished first novel that weaves elements of romance, mystery, SF/F and--yes--thriller together in a way that leaves no doubt that the master storyteller gene really is something that can be passed along." --January Magazine
"Vivid and exciting. Harkaway manages to meld a vision of war more germane to today's world, and take it to its most horrifying, apocalyptic conclusion." --Charleston City Paper
What people are saying
Looking for your next read? You're in the right place. Personalized recs, alternating Wednesdays and Thursdays and always here: https://t.co/WMEobU4K8g
@bobzyeruncle How about The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi, or A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James?
Gen X malcontent. #neurodivergent. VP of Marketing @Sendle. Fiction author. First book is out now, 'Super-Borg Dies' https://t.co/LyaFefHxeO.
What book have you read the most? The Gone-Away World by @Harkaway is about to pass Fight Club by @chuckpalahniuk for me. https://t.co/KvsCzKUC2T