First published in june 2008 by heinemann, it is the first novel written by nick harkaway. So the world actually goes away twice for the narratoronce with everyone in the goneaway war, and then again when he realizes that everything up until now has not really been lived by him but by gonzo including meeting, falling in love with, marrying, and finding happiness with his wife after all the destruction. The goneaway world, an epic, stupendous outburst of a book, is more friction than science, more dark than fantasy, and more than anyone wouldve expected had they known the authors true identity. Its about the end of the world, the perils of thinking too hard. A hilarious, actionpacked look at the apocalypse that combines a touching tale of friendship, a. A hilarious, actionpacked look at the apocalypse that combines a touching tale of friendship, a thrilling war story, and an all out. Read pdf the goneaway world absolutely for free at. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
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The gone away world is a generally successful staplingtogether of the unreliable narrator trope with a kinder, gentler, fight club and an anticorporatethink diatribe in an apocalypseframed sometimeswarmovie setting, with literary aspirations that make it almost an instant classic. Yet i finished it feeling satisfied, but not thrilled. Publication date 2009 topics science fiction, fantasy fiction, dystopias. Nick harkaway goes into great some would say unnecessary detail. This was supposed to be a falloutfree alternative to nuclear weapons, but something went wrong and the result is a world populated by demons and monsters, by humans worst nightmares made real, a. This unclassifiable debut from the son of legendary. The jorgmund pipe is the backbone of the world, and its on. Synchoresis written by nick harkaway read by matt bates format. The goneaway world is a book that i enjoyed thoroughly, yet wasnt excited by. I was bent over the pool table with one hand in the bald patch behind the d, which flynn the barman claimed was beer, but which was the same size and shape as mrs. Set in a semirecognizable world cuba is admitted into the united kingdom, at some undated point in the future, and narrated by a nameless hero with no apparent family but a gift for martial arts and a best friend named gonzo lubitsch, harkaways debut blends aspects.
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