ARGONAUT BOOKS

Traumatised by an accident which involved 'something falling from the sky' and leaves him eight and a half million pounds richer but hopelessly estranged from the world around him, the hero of this novel spends his time and money obsessively reconstructing and re-enacting vaguely remembered scenes and situations from his past. Reviews Remainder is an intelligent and absurd satire on consumer culture.The TimesIts minatory brilliance calls for classic statusThe IndependentThere are echoes of Beckett, Flann O'Brien too, perhaps, but in the end McCarthy has a precision, a su...Read More