Description |
391 pages ; 21 cm. |
Note |
"Originally published in French as L'Anomalie in 2020 by Editions Gallimard, Paris"--Title page verso. |
Summary |
"Winner of the Prix Goncourt, this dizzying literary page-turner ingeniously blends crime, fantasy, sci-fi, and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight. In June 2021, a senseless event upends the lives of hundreds of men and women, all passengers on a flight from Paris to New York. Among them: Blake, a respectable family man, though he works as a contract killer; Slimboy, a Nigerian pop star tired of living a lie; Joanna, a formidable lawyer whose flaws have caught up with her; and Victor Miesel, a critically acclaimed yet commercially unsuccessful writer who suddenly becomes a cult hit. All of them believed they had double lives. None imagined just how true that was. A virtuoso novel where logic confronts magic, The Anomaly explores the part of ourselves that eludes us. This witty variation on the doppelgänger theme, which takes us on a journey from Lagos and Mumbai to the White House, proves to be Hervé Le Tellier's most ambitious work yet"-- Provided by publisher. |
Language |
In English. Translated from the French. |
Subject |
Transatlantic flights -- Fiction.
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Doppelgängers -- Fiction.
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Plurality of worlds -- Fiction.
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Computer simulation -- Fiction.
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Doppelgängers. (OCoLC)fst00896945
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FICTION / General.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Science fiction.
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Novels.
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Added Author |
Hunter, Adriana, translator.
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Added Title |
Anomalie. English
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ISBN |
9781635421699 (paperback) |
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1635421691 (paperback) |
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