A Naked Singularity

Author: Sergio De La Pava

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Price : $39.99 NZD
ISBN : 9780857052810
Publisher : Quercus Publishing Plc
Imprint : MacLehose Press
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Publication date : 01 August 2013
Dimensions : 234mm X 153mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 39.99
Availability date : 01 December 2013
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Author : Sergio De La Pava
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Description

Casi is a hotshot public defender working on the front line of America's War on Drugs. So far he's on the winning side. He's never lost a case. But nothing lasts forever, and pride like his has a long way to fall. Funny, smart and always surprising, A Naked Singularity speaks a language all of its own and reads like nothing else ever written. Casi's beautiful mind and planetary intelligence make him an inimitable and unforgettable narrator. In De La Pava's hands, the labyrinthine miseries of the New York Justice System are as layered and diabolical as Dante's nine circles of Hell. But the Devil doesn't hog the best lines. There are plenty here to go around.

Reviews

'Casi's voice is astonishing, cynical but compassionate, alive to the ridiculous and the pitiful and the horrific but never losing its commitment to morality' Lian Hearn. 'A fine encyclopedic romp in the Joyce / Pynchon / Wallace tradition' Miles Klee, The Notes. 'If you like 'The Wire', if you like rewarding, difficult fiction, if you like literary, high-quality artistic and hilarious yet moving novels that are difficult to put down, I can't recommend A Naked Singularity enough' Scott Bryan Wilson, The Quarterly Conversation.

Author description

Sergio De La Pava works as a public defender in New York City.