I Am Radar: A Novel
In 1975, a black child named Radar Radmanovic is mysteriously born to white parents. Though Radar is raised in suburban New Jersey, his story rapidly becomes entangled with terrible events in Yugoslavia, Norway, Cambodia, the Congo, and beyond. Falling in with a secretive group of puppeteers and...
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In 1975, a black child named Radar Radmanovic is mysteriously born to white parents. Though Radar is raised in suburban New Jersey, his story rapidly becomes entangled with terrible events in Yugoslavia, Norway, Cambodia, the Congo, and beyond. Falling in with a secretive group of puppeteers and scientists—who stage experimental art for people suffering under wartime siege
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00LFZ86Q4
Publisher: Penguin Press
Pages no: 656
Edition language: English
During a big black out Radar is born, an ebony skinned baby, to his white parents. His mother's search for an explanation (and possibly a cure) brings them to Norway to a rather peculiar set of artists, physicists and puppeteers. I don't know where to start. This was definitely different from what...
It's very difficult to approach reviewing this book, because there is just so much to it, stretching to nearly 650 pages. There were certainly aspects of it that I liked. It has a unique premise and beginning, and some of the writing is really wonderful, at least in the more descriptive parts of ...
You can find this, and other reviews, on my blog. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Even now, a couple of weeks after finishing it, I’m still not quite sure what to make of this book. I spent equal amounts of time enjoying it, being confused by it and wondering when on...
I got this from Penguin's First to Read program. Larsen's telling of the early life of Radar Radmanovic is part historical fiction, part science fiction, and it's beautiful, intricate, and messy. It centers on the performance artistry of a small troupe based in northern Norway, nearly at the Russi...
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