Fw: Fwd: Book review: 'C' by Tom McCarthy

[David Morris]

The reviews I read about "C" are that it is smart, but maybe to the
point of being precocious.  It's a novel "about" things other that the
story/plot (like the nature of communication), so "Pynchonesqe" in
that regard.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/books/review/Egan-t.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/31/c-tom-mccarthy-novel-review

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-09-08/c-by-tom-mccarthy-review/

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> love it.."To offer plot summary, however, is like saying Pynchon's 'The
> Crying of Lot 49' is just a book about a woman interested in the postal
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> Book review: 'C' by Tom McCarthy
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> With cryptic and inventive flourish, the author gives an epic account of a
> precocious boy's journey to adulthood.
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> By Meehan Crist
> Special to the Los Angeles Times
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> September 12 2010
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