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With no particular motive and a goal of total destruction, Larkin, an epileptic drunk, and four other derelicts plot an insane terrorist attack upon Manhattan
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Bell is the author of one previous novel, The Washington Square Ensemble ( LJ 2/15/83). His new work is an odd compendium of the trendy and the obscure. A terrorist cell that has the bomb, spontaneous human combustion, street people in Times Square suffering from radiation poisoning, and human torture by devil worshippers are some of the ingredients in this awkward stew of a novel. Anti-hero Larkin, an epileptic who sees demons and hears apocalyptic voices, careens through the plot like a loose cannon on the deck of a sinking ship. Larkin is a barely appealing main character; other members of the motley crew are even worse. Motivations are muddy or nonexistent. There is some good writing and narrative drive, but too many philosophical concerns compete for space. For large fiction collections only. A.J. Wright, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib.
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- PublisherTicknor and Fields
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0701139722
- ISBN 13 9780701139728
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, minor shades of use, in Fine dust-jacket; In Waiting for the End of the World, Bell Madison Smartt chronicles her journey from a young girl who believed in the end of the world to a woman who is now living in fear that it is coming sooner than she thought. Through her essays and personal interviews, Smartt explores the ways in which we all try to make sense of the incomprehensible and the ways in which our beliefs about the end of the world have changed over time. She asks questions such as: What happens to the human psyche when the world as we know it is coming to an end? And what happens to the relationships that we build in the course of our lives? Waiting for the End of the World is an honest and introspective exploration of the ways in which we deal with the fear of the unknown.; 8vo. Seller Inventory # 31342
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