A Borrowed Man

A Borrowed Man
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A Novel

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فرمت کتاب

ebook

تاریخ انتشار

2015

نویسنده

Gene Wolfe

شابک

9781466877993
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نقد و بررسی

Publisher's Weekly

August 24, 2015
Ern A. Smithe lives “on a Level Three shelf in the Spice Grove Public Library,” from which—as a “reclone” of the novelist whose name he bears—he may be borrowed at any time. Heiress Colette Coldbrook checks him out to help solve the mystery of her brother’s murder, the key to which involves a Smithe novel from the library of Colette’s late father. Reclone Smithe soon learns that he and Colette are in danger, and that her father’s secret is stranger than he could have imagined. Smithe lives in an exhausted, decadent near future where the world’s population has dwindled to a billion, library reclones like Smithe have no rights and are destined for incineration if no one consults them or checks them out, and a “defective” mute woman risks being arrested by the state. Wolfe (The Land Across) builds this SF noir into a strange, unsettling story, deceptively simple and old-fashioned in style and plot, but full of disturbing details that are intensified by the deadpan humor and matter-of-fact flatness of Smithe’s narrative voice. Agent: Vaughne Hansen, Virginia Kidd Literary.



Library Journal

September 15, 2015

In the future of Wolfe's novel, cloned humans are kept at local public libraries, waiting to be checked out by patrons needing their expertise. E.A. Smithe is one such resource, the clone of an author of pulp novels, who is borrowed by Colette Coldbrook in the hopes that he can help her solve the mystery of a book found in her father's safe at the time of his death. Murder on Mars was written by Smithe, and he might be able to explain its value. But soon after they begin working together, the book is lost and Smithe and Coldwater are on the run. VERDICT Wolfe ("The Book of the New Sun" series) is a grand master of the genre, and this is an absorbing tale, full of noirish elements and fun sf flourishes. The variations in tone between rough gumshoe and stuffy academic (explained within the story but still jarring), and the habit of addressing the reader directly are thought provoking if not always effective narrative choices. This isn't Wolfe's best, but it will still be of great interest to the author's many fans.--MM

Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.



Booklist

October 1, 2015
Best known for his four-volume Book of the New Sun series, Wolfe is often regarded as one of speculative fiction's most literary craftsmen, infusing his works with multiple layers of meaning. Without relinquishing his superlative skill at creating interesting characters while spinning a good story, Wolfe offers a refreshing change of pace here with a futuristic mystery novel featuring an unusual first-person narrator. In the not-too-distant future, E. A. Smithe is the clone of a long-dead mystery writer who lives on an oversize shelf in a public library, waiting to be checked out like any other library resource by curious patrons. With the possibility of cremation awaiting him if no one is interested, Smithe hits the jackpot one day when a wealthy heiress takes him home to solve a baffling mystery. Her father and brother have recently been murdered, and the secret to catching the killers is hidden in a book Smithe's namesake wrote decades ago. Must reading for Wolfe devotees and mystery fans who don't mind a little sci-fi with their suspense.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)




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