Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident. Plagued by insomnia, he tries to push back thoughts of things he would prefer to forget - his wife's recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend, Titus - by telling himself stories. He imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the twin towers did not fall, and the 2000 election results led to secession, as state after state pulled away from the union, and a bloody ...
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Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident. Plagued by insomnia, he tries to push back thoughts of things he would prefer to forget - his wife's recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend, Titus - by telling himself stories. He imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the twin towers did not fall, and the 2000 election results led to secession, as state after state pulled away from the union, and a bloody civil war ensued. Brill gradually opens up to his granddaughter, recounting the story of his marriage and confronting the grim reality of Titus' death. "Man in the Dark" is a novel of our time, a book that forces us to confront the blackness of night whilst also celebrating the existence of ordinary joys in a brutal world.
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Add this copy of Man in the Dark to cart. $5.61, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Not Avail.
Add this copy of Man in the Dark to cart. $13.34, good condition, Sold by Booksalvation rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manchester, LANCASHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2008 by Faber & Faber.
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter`s house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come he lies in bed and tells himself stories struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget-his wife`s recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter`s boyfriend Titus. The retired book critic imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the twin towers did not fall and the 2000 election results led to secession as state after state pulled away from the union and a bloody civil war ensued. As the night progresses Brill`s story grows increasingly intense and what he is so desperately trying to avoid insists on being told. Joined in the early hours by his granddaughter he gradually opens up to her and recounts the story of his marriage. After she falls asleep he at last finds the courage to revisit the trauma of Titus`s death. Passionate and shocking Man in the Dark is a novel of our moment a book that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence. -> the publisher of this HARDBACK book is Faber & Faber The date of this copy is 2008 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
Add this copy of Man in the Dark to cart. $16.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2008 by Faber and Faber.
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Add this copy of Man in the Dark to cart. $34.89, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Henry Holt & Company.
Add this copy of Man in the Dark to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by Websters Bookstore Cafe rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from State College, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Henry Holt.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. Signed by author. First edition, first printing with full number line. Old bookstore sticker on front. DJ very good with only slight bumping on edges. Boards clean with bright spine lettering. Pages clean. Binding tight.
Add this copy of Man in the Dark [SIGNED COPY, FIRST UK PRINTING] to cart. $64.95, like new condition, Sold by MostlySignedBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Faber & Faber.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page (signature only). 1st UK edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Essentially as new. 192 p. Audience: General/trade. By the late Prix France Culture de Littérature Étrangère-, Morton Dauwen Zabel Award-, PEN/Faulkner Award-, Prix Médicis Étranger-, John William Corrington Award-, Prince of Asturias Award-, Premio Leteo-, and Médaille Grand Vermeil de la ville de Paris-winning filmmaker ('Smoke') and author of 'The Music of Chance' and 'Timbuktu'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Add this copy of Man in the Dark to cart. $97.54, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Henry Holt & Company.
