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The One-Eyed Man

door Ron Currie

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"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"--… (meer)
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As with all of Ron Currie's novels, this one veers off into directions unknown and impossible to predict. I mean this in the best way possible. Everything Matters!, his first novel, really had an effect on me, and I have such a fondness for his prose. The One Eyed Man is no exception. You never know what's coming next. Every once in awhile the characters can can seem a little more like archetypes than actual people at first, but bit by bit the reader is given information that shapes the how and why and what of it all. I preordered this book last year, and when it showed up at my desk I was overjoyed - and thankfully, now after reading it, am not disappointed. ( )
  Katie_Roscher | Jan 18, 2019 |
In the brutally funny, yet warmly human tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and George Saunders, this sharp eyed satire explodes American culture and reassembles the pieces into a crazy quilt of politics, celebrity, crime, love, and death that makes perfect sense. Fans of Don Delillo's White Noise and John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces are 99.9% sure to enjoy! ( )
  Chamblyman | May 20, 2018 |
In the brutally funny, yet warmly human tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and George Saunders, this sharp eyed satire explodes American culture and reassembles the pieces into a crazy quilt of politics, celebrity, crime, love, and death that makes perfect sense. Fans of Don Delillo's White Noise and John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces are 99.9% sure to enjoy! ( )
  Chamblyman | May 20, 2018 |
I swear I'm losing my marbles because every book I read is inspired by Kafka. I can't be wrong here when the main character's name is K and he mentions Kafka early in the book. But I can live with it, I like this book. K seems like he has a different mind that is more literal after his wife dies and that death is heartbreaking here. K is all about the facts and clarity after reading Einstein's biography -- especially the bit on relativity. This book seems way too prescient, as the plot takes place in 2014. I feel like most of the incredibly fist-smashing-in-face truths could only happen post November 8, 2016. The world is different now than it could have been in 2014 (though the end might place it in 2018, so there you go). Currie is not out to make friends here. Everyone is lambasted here. K doesn't take sides, neither does Currie. The book is cynical but real as hell. Currie sees the absurdity in everything, like K. Though I feel like, scarily enough, I was already half getting there with the thoughts that Currie had on the page. K's need for truth lands him a reality show confronting people with a secret camera on his glasses. This doesn't end well. But I'm not sure the book does either. A little more clear-cut like the rest of the book would have worked better. Currie says it like it is and I will be reading his other books. I like his way of thinking and I like how he constructs those thoughts.

This one reminds me of: 'A Confederacy of Dunces', 'Wise Blood', 'The New & Improved Romie Futch' by Julia Elliott and 'Parasites Like Us' by Adam Johnson... and probably a few more. ( )
  booklove2 | Oct 2, 2017 |
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"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"--

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