I Am Radar

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Pub Date Mar 26 2015 | Archive Date Mar 27 2015

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 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...


A Note From the Publisher

UK edition – available to read in UK, Commonwealth excluding Canada.

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

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...


Available Editions

EDITION Ebook
ISBN 9781448192328
PRICE £8.99 (GBP)

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