Strange Bodies
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Marcel Theroux is the author of four previous novels, A Blow to the Heart, A Stranger in the Earth, The Paperchase, winner of the 2002 Somerset Maugham Award, and Far North which was short-listed for the America's prestigious National Book Award. He lives in London.
“[Strange Bodies is] a literary science fiction novel as entertaining as it is thought-provoking and disturbing . . . Theroux masterfully braids horror and ontology, Nabokovian doppelgangers and Orwellian satire into a tragicomic narrative that pulls tight as a noose . . . A brilliant, troubling thriller.” ―Elizabeth Hand, Los Angeles Times
“[A] page-turning, thought-provoking, exhilarating novel . . . ‘Thriller' may be a somewhat misleading label to fasten on a modern fable that also has elements of science fiction, dystopia and domestic comedy. But without a doubt, Strange Bodies is a thrill to read.” ―Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal
“[Theroux] is a superb writer . . . There are beautiful things, real things, tucked in this novel.” ―Dwight Garner, The New York Times
“Strange Bodies is a rich read about so much more than the secrets that make it tick. Theroux's use of language is gorgeous.” ―Adrienne Martini, Locus
“I could not put [Strange Bodies] down . . . It was truly a joy to read each sentence.” ―Robert K. Lewis, Criminal Element
“A strange, satisfying novel about possession featuring a literary scholar, a music mogul, assorted East European thugs, and the long dead but still articulate Dr. Samuel Johnson . . . A thought-provoking and engaging fusion of comedy and horror.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Truly enthralling . . . An intense and nuanced examination of the plight of being . . . Philip K. Dick's The Transmigration of Timothy Archer meets Stephenie Meyer's The Host in this very highly recommended work.” ―Henry Bankhead, Library Journal (starred review)
“A labyrinthine exploration of identity and mortality, filled with big ideas.” ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Theroux has a knack for warping the anxieties of the present into an unsettling vision of our possible future. His focus here could not be timelier.” ―Steve Almond, The New York Times Book Review
“This is a superb technological fantasy, a tense thriller and a brilliantly imagined debate about the relationship between body and soul. Wonderful.” ―Kate Saunders, The Times (London)
“An eerily plausible modern Frankenstein . . . It's not often you read a book as clever as this that is also emotionally charged and moving.” ―Doug Johnstone, The Independent
“Strange Bodies is an examination of contemporary consciousness. But from its robust hook, through its comic set-up, to its dark if hopeful conclusions, it is also a kindly, intelligently entertaining thriller.” ―M. John Harrison, The Times Literary Supplement
“The perfect literary thriller for the internet age.” ―Red Online
“The unfolding of the narrative is genuinely eerie, but the richness of allusion and elegance of design make Strange Bodies as much an inquiry into language and identity as a high-concept literary thriller . . . Its exploration of human vulnerability, the notion that consciousness may be no more than ‘a trick of the light,' is moving as well as thought-provoking, as elegiac as it is gripping.” ―Justine Jordan, The Guardian
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