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Equal parts raucous adventure, comic odyssey, geek nirvana, and ultracool epic, the goneaway world is a story ofamong other thingslove, pirates, mimes, greed, and ninjas. Through their lives pass ninjas, mimes, pirates, parents and specters surpassing the most active imagination, leading to revelations that shock the reader and stun the soul but permeating all is the unmistakable stamp of love in its many and varied forms. The goneaway world ebook by nick harkaway rakuten kobo. And then, just when you think the action is about to start, the book cuts away to a flashback. It is two hundred thousand words long ish, which is a lot. He studied philosophy, sociology and politics at clare college, cambridge, and then worked in the film industry. The goneaway world vintage contemporaries paperback. Buy a cheap copy of the goneaway world book by nick harkaway. The goneaway world by nick harkaway overdrive rakuten. The goneaway world, by nick harkaway the independent. Forgive me if the response is not immediate i tend to get. The imagination of the writer is beyond wonderful and i was reminded of david mitchell, but harkaway is much more of a wordsmith. I read angelmaker before reading gone away world so i was familiar with mr harkaways style. Nick harkaway has 19 books on goodreads with 91594 ratings.
The goneaway world the lights went out in the nameless bar just after nine. This coming january his newest novel, gnomon, will be available in the u. He is the author of the novels the goneaway world, angelmaker, tigerman, and gnomon. But it is also the story of a world, not unlike our own, in desperate need of heroeshowever unlikely they may seem. Synchoresis written by nick harkaway read by matt bates format. With his debut the goneaway world, nick harkaway has created a fictional universe that is out of this world. Nick harkaway is the author of three previous novels, the goneaway world, angelmaker, and tigerman, as well as a nonfiction work about digital culture, the blind giant. The goneaway world by nick harkaway world of books. The goneaway world is the debut novel of british author nick harkaway, a science fiction novel set in a postapocalyptic world crippled by the goaway war. I loved how one was kept guessing at what was going on almost the entire way through the novel. A wall street journal and booklist best mystery of 2012 from the acclaimed author of the goneaway world, blistering gangster noir meets howling absurdist comedy as the forces of good square off against the forces of evil, and only an unassuming clockwork repairman and an octogenarian former superspy can save the world from total destruction. Author of the novels the goneaway world, angelmaker and tigerman, he lives in london with his wife and two children read more.
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