I Am Radar
by Reif Larsen
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Pub Date 26 Mar 2015 | Archive Date 27 Mar 2015
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
A kaleidoscopic, epic novel about a lovestruck radio operator who discovers a secret society…
In 1975, a black child is mysteriously born to white parents.
His name is Radar Radmanovic.
Radar grows up in suburban New Jersey, but 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 performances in war zones around the world, he is soon forced to confront the true nature of his identity.
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition – available to read in UK, Commonwealth excluding Canada.
Advance Praise
'Gripping ... masterly ... Larsen is an effortless magician, and his performance here is a pure delight' Publishers Weekly
'Gripping ... masterly ... Larsen is an effortless magician, and his performance here is a pure delight' Publishers Weekly
Marketing Plan
For readers of David Mitchell, J.J. Abrams, Audrey Niffenegger
I Am Radar is a dazzlingly inventive follow-up to Reif Larsen's smash hit debut, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet. The marketing plan will include puppet troupes, tribal drumming groups, short animations, an actor reading sections of the novel to be seeded out, special limited edition proof copies with sound effects and more. Reif will be doing several events in the UK and Scotland throughout 2015 and will be appearing at numerous literary festival.
T.S. Spivet has sold over 50K copies in HS and Vintage editions
Spivet has been adapted into a film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) which starred Helena Bonham Carter.
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781448192328 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
