Satin Island

Satin Island
Author Tom McCarthy
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Knopf (2015)
Vintage (2016)
Publication date
2015
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 208
ISBN 978-0-224-09019-3

Satin Island is a 2015 novel written by Tom McCarthy.[1] It is McCarthy's fourth novel and fifth book.[2]

Plot

The novel follows a protagonist, "U.", an employee of the "Company" who works as an anthropologist.

Reception

The novel was well received.[3][4][5][6] Duncan White, writing for The Telegraph, praised the novel's conclusion, saying it "...provokes and beguiles and, at the point of revelation, it withholds".[7]

It has been included on the shortlist of the 2015 Man Booker Prize.[8]

References

  1. Mewshaw, Marc (18 February 2015). "In Satin Island, an Effort to Map Humanity Goes Awry". The Atlantic. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. LaGambina, Greg (16 February 2015). "Satin Island plays with genre on slippery ground". AV Club. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. White, Duncan (28 February 2015). "Satin Island by Tom McCarthy, review: 'induces mania'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. LaGambina, Greg (16 February 2015). "Satin Island plays with genre on slippery ground". AV Club. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  5. Ruland, Jim (13 February 2015). "Review: 'Satin Island' keeps protagonist and readers guessing - LA Times". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  6. Collins-Hughes, Laura (24 February 2015). "'Satin Island' by Tom McCarthy". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  7. White, Duncan (28 February 2015). "Satin Island by Tom McCarthy, review: 'induces mania'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  8. "Pulitzer winner makes Booker Prize shortlist". BBC News. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.


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