LEADER 02892nam 22004693 450 001 9910154291503321 005 20230810001449.0 010 $a0-7352-2280-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000971561 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6042939 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6042939 035 $a(OCoLC)967075380 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000971561 100 $a20210901d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe One-Eyed Man $eA Novel 210 1$aEast Rutherford :$cPenguin Publishing Group,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (283 pages) 311 $a0-670-02535-6 330 $a"From the "startlingly talented" (New York Times) author of Everything Matters! - the compelling story of a man who takes everything far too literally, and his adventures as the star of a reality TV show Ron Currie's three previous works of fiction have dazzled readers and critics alike with their originality, audacity, and psychological insight. A writer of unique vision and huge imagination, Currie excels at creating complex, troubled, yet endearing characters, and his work has won comparison to everyone from Kurt Vonnegut to George Saunders. K., the intriguing narrator of Currie's new novel, joins the ranks of other great American literary creations who show us something new about ourselves. Like Jack Gladney from White Noise, K. is possessed of a hyper-articulate exasperation with the world, and like Ignatius J. Reilly in A Confederacy of Dunces, he is a doomed truth teller whom everyone misunderstands. After his wife Sarah dies, K. loses his metaphorical capacity, becoming so wedded to the notion of clarity that he infuriates everyone, friends and strangers alike. When he intervenes in an armed robbery, K. finds himself both an inadvertent hero and the star of a new reality television program. Together with Claire, a grocery store clerk with a sharp tongue and a yen for celebrity, he travels the country, ruffling feathers and gaining fame at the intersection of American politics and entertainment. But soon, through a conflagration of biblical proportions, he discovers that the world will fight viciously to preserve its delusions about itself"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aFICTION / Literary$2bisacsh 606 $aFICTION / Satire$2bisacsh 606 $aFICTION / Family Life$2bisacsh 608 $aSatire.$2gsafd 615 7$aFICTION / Literary. 615 7$aFICTION / Satire. 615 7$aFICTION / Family Life. 676 $a813.6 686 $aFIC019000$aFIC052000$aFIC045000$2bisacsh 700 $aCurrie$b Ron$01077787 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154291503321 996 $aThe One-Eyed Man$92589263 997 $aUNINA