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C. TOM MCCARTHY

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TOM MCCARTHY

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Publication: Alfred A Knopf, 2010, New York

First U.S. edition. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket. Early in the first decade of the twentieth century, Serge Carrefax, a young boy, resides with his family at Versoie House. There his father runs a school for the deaf as a means for him to experiment with his inventions that he cherishes on the kids. As the father invents and tests, Serge and his older sister Sophie invent and test chemical experiments. Years later, Serge journeys to a sanitarium in Bavaria seeking a chemical allegedly with healing prowess. Soon after that he enlists in the 104th Airborne Squadron, using cocaine while flying reconnaissance mission. Shot down over Germany, he becomes a POW but escapes only to be sent by the mysterious secret Empire Wireless Chain to Cairo. Over time Serge continues to encounter history's oddest persona until he finally discovers the wavelength that makes him a perfect receiver of historical signals transmitted from time. This book was longlisted for the Booker Prize.

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