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The One-Eyed Man

Audiobook
Fiction: Literary
Unabridged   11.5 hour(s)
Publication date: 03/07/2017

The One-Eyed Man

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Audio CD ISBN:9781681685953
Digital Download ISBN:9781681685960

Summary

K., the intriguing narrator of Currie's new novel, joins the ranks of other great American literary creations who show us something new about ourselves. K.'s quixotic effort to fully understand the world he lives in makes for a singular and engaging novel, one which further establishes Ron Currie's position as one of today's rising stars in fiction.

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K., the intriguing narrator of Currie's new novel, joins the ranks of other great American literary creations who show us something new about ourselves. Like Jack Gladney from White Noise, K. is possessed of a hyper-articulate exasperation with the world, and like Ignatius J. Reilly in A Confederacy of Dunces, he is a doomed truth teller whom everyone misunderstands. After his wife Sarah dies, K. loses his metaphorical capacity, becoming so wedded to the notion of clarity that he infuriates everyone, friends and strangers alike. When he intervenes in an armed robbery, K. finds himself both an inadvertent hero and the star of a new reality television program. Together with Claire, a grocery store clerk with a sharp tongue and a yen for celebrity, he travels the country, ruffling feathers and gaining fame at the intersection of American politics and entertainment. But soon, through a conflagration of biblical proportions, he discovers that the world will fight viciously to preserve its delusions about itself.

Reviews/Praise

"Reminiscent of David Gates's Jernigan mixed with the edgy incisiveness and humor of Sacha Baron Cohen, this compulsively readable novel intrigues with its complexity and scope. Highly recommended." —Library Journal Starred Review

"Dark, tender and oh-so-timely." —USA Today

"Nobody writing today walks the knife edge of cynicism and sentiment more bravely, intelligently and confidently than Ron Currie. By turns hilarious and heartfelt, The One-Eyed Man is a revelation, a wonder." —Richard Russo, author of Everybody's Fool

"The One-Eyed Man delivers blistering, hilarious social satire and apocalyptic hijinks with the best of them, but what you have after the smoke clears is a deep, moving novel about love and grief. Ron Currie is a many-eyed and many-hearted wonder." —Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask

Author Bio

Ron Currie is the author of the novels Everything Matters! and Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles and the short story collection God Is Dead, which was the winner of the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. Currie received the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.