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The Tesseract
The Tesseract
Author: Alex Garland
One of the most acclaimed thrillers of the year... — The "extraordinary"* national bestseller by the award-winning author of The Beach. — "Riveting...The Tesseract offers myriad secret pleasures beyond its seemingly plot-driven narrative of intrigue in the streets of Manila."-San Francisco Chronicle Book Review — "The Tesser...  more » has the traits of a thriller, but it's also a love story, a character study, a portrait of life among Manila's street kids, even an experiment in narration...a feverish, affecting, altogether captivating story....What really makes The Tesseract so gripping is the author's dazzling performance as a storyteller-not the bloody climaxes per se but the innovative techniques and deft changes of pace with which they are related. This is one of those rare novels that can be read for thrills but also taken apart and examined the way a jeweler does a fine watch. Garland also lavishes his characters with quirks that ring true, outbursts of human oddity that transform a moment that most authors would rush past into something memorable...all but flawless, a tour de force of brilliant narration and psychological acuity."-i>The Washington Post

"Virtuosic...cinematic, poetic, terrifyingly precise."-The New York Times Book Review

"Bristles with suspense...mature, intelligent, and rewarding."-People

"[A] swift psychological thriller...beautifully rendered."-Spin

"Powerful, exotic...unfold[s] like a corrupt and mysterious flower."-J.G. Ballard

"Thoroughly assured...violently entertaining."-Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

"A steam engine of a narrative."-Newsweek

"Reminiscent of Graham Greene."-The New Yorker

"Delivers tremendous speed and style."-Dallas Morning News

"A dangerously hot novel."-The Christian Science Monitor

"Inventive and compelling."-Los Angeles Times

"A dashing tour de force."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Richly emotional."-Harper's Bazaar

"[A] page-turner."-Time Out New York
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ISBN-13: 9781573221092
ISBN-10: 1573221090
Publication Date: 1/25/1999
Pages: 273
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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3.1 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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damara avatar reviewed The Tesseract on + 6 more book reviews
I really enjoyed his book, although I was looking for something scary when I chose it. The plot is unique and mysterious, and the writing style is also unique and mysterious. Together it makes for a very thought provoking read. I truly bonded with the charcters, I felt the hopeless cold, the emptiness, the fulfillment, the desperation, and the joy. I hope there are more books available by this author!!!
reviewed The Tesseract on + 32 more book reviews
Started off pretty good and interesting, but just as I'd get interested in a character or story, the narrative would switch focus and I'd start to lose interest. Nice job tying them all together in the end though.
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great book! creatively written and a unique story. better than "the beach", even.


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