Notes from a coma

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"Notes from a Coma is the finest book yet from one of Ireland's most singular contemporary writers, a daring reinvention of the gothic for the age of machines." —Matt Bell, author of In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods “A major talent in Irish fiction/5(32).

Notes From a Coma is a fascinating, complex, and utterly amazing book. Set in an Ireland that is present day (or close to it) but slightly altered, it tells the story of JJ O'Malley- he is a super-intelligent, Notes from a coma book densely layered young man/5.

"Notes From a Coma" is a strange challenging gem of a literary novel. It is certainly not for everyone. If you enjoy ultra cerebral sci-fi and avant-garde literature (e.g., Phillip K. Dick, Thomas Pynchon, J.

Ballard--challenging works with strong sociological, political, and metaphysical themes), this book /5(32). “Notes from a Coma is the finest book yet from one of Ireland’s most singular contemporary writers, a daring reinvention of the gothic for the age of machines.” —Matt Bell, author of In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods.

Notes from a Coma is both the story of a man cursed with guilt and genius and a compassionate examination of how personal identities are safeguarded and held in trust by loved ones. More books by this author More books in this series. Notes from a Coma Mike McCormack.

Soho, $14 trade paper (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. Forensic Songs; Solar Bones; Buy this book. "Notes from a Coma is the finest book yet from one of Ireland's most singular contemporary writers, a daring reinvention of the gothic for the age of machines." —Matt Bell, author of In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods.

Notes From A Coma by Mike McCormack: a profound and prescient work of literatureAuthor: Val Nolan. Brilliantly imagined and artfully constructed─merging science fiction with an affectionate portrait of small town Ireland─Notes from a Coma is both the story of a man cursed with guilt and genius and a compassionate examination of how our identities are safeguarded and held in trust by those who love us.

Mike McCormack. Mike McCormack comes from the west of Ireland and currently lives in Galway. He is the author of Getting it in the Head, which won various awards, including the Rooney Prize, Crowe's Requiem and Notes From a Coma.

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Books Go Search Hello Select your address /5(9). "Notes from a Coma is the finest book yet from one of Ireland's most singular contemporary writers, a daring reinvention of the gothic for the age of machines." --Matt Bell, author of In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods/5(9).

Mike McCormack spoke about his book, Notes From a Coma, at Politics & Prose on Sunday, Ma Heralded from his earliest fiction, the short story collection Getting it in the Head, as a darkly original writer, McCormack richly realizes his promise in his third book.

Notes from a Coma by Mike McCormack - paperback () published by Canongate 6 July The critically acclaimed novel from the author of Solar Bones, winner of the Goldsmiths Prize and BGE Irish Book of the Year.

Floating in a maintained coma on a prison ship off the west coast of Ireland, his coma goes viral and the nation turns to watch.

Brilliantly imagined and artfully constructed - merging science fiction with an affectionate portrait of small town Ireland - Notes from a Coma is a compassionate examination of a man cursed with guilt and genius.

Notes from a Coma by McCormack, Mike and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at About Notes from a Coma JJ O’ Malley, adopted from a Romanian orphanage by a single father in the west of Ireland, grows up a permanent outsider, and yet he finds his place in the community.

At least until his world is shaken by the death of his best friend, and he volunteers for the “Somnos Project,” an experimental program testing deep. Notes from a Coma by Mike McCormack is an inventive and very unusual novel that strives to break many of the ‘rules’ of novel writing and gets away with it.

Notes from a Coma is a postmodern science fiction novel by Mike McCormack. It was published in It features the “Somnos Project”, an experiment to eradicate prison by placing convicts into comas instead. The central character is JJ, a Romanian orphan adopted by.

"Notes From a Coma" is a strange challenging gem of a literary novel. It is certainly not for everyone. If you enjoy ultra cerebral sci-fi and avant-garde literature (e.g., Phillip K.

Dick, Thomas Pynchon, J. Ballard--challenging works with strong sociological, political, and metaphysical themes), this book may interest you/5(28). It took seven years to write his next novel, Notes from a Coma, which splices a realistic small-town narrative with an ominous SF strand about an EU project to Author: Justine Jordan.Mike McCormack's new novel Solar Bones is longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

About Notes from a Coma JJ O’ Malley, adopted from a Romanian orphanage by a single father in the west of Ireland, grows up a permanent outsider, and yet he finds his place in the ry: Books. "Notes from a Coma is the finest book yet from one of Ireland's most singular contemporary writers, a daring reinvention of the gothic for the age of machines." —Matt Bell, author of In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods.