The Resource The wonders : a novel, Paddy O'Reilly
The wonders : a novel, Paddy O'Reilly
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The item The wonders : a novel, Paddy O'Reilly represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "From the author of the "funny, irreverent, and highly entertaining" (Liane Moriarty, author of The Husband's Secret) Fine Color of Rust comes a brilliant new novel about a misfit trio who become instant international reality stars, probing the nature of celebrity, disability, and the value of human life. Perhaps every human being was a freak. Hadn't he read somewhere that every person has at least a handful of damaged genes? That all humans embody a myriad of nature's mistakes? Meet Leon (stage name: Clockwork Man), a nervous, introverted thirty-year-old man with a brass heart; Kathryn (stage name: Lady Lamb), a brash, sexy woman covered almost entirely with black, tightly furled wool; and Christos (stage name: Seraphiel), a vain performance artist who plays a winged god with the help of ceramic implants inserted between his shoulder blades. These are The Wonders, three extraordinary people whose medical treatments have tested the limits of the human body. When they are brought together by a canny entrepreneur, their glamorous, genre-defying, twenty-first-century circus act becomes a global sensation. But what makes them objects of fascination also places them in danger. With warmth, humor, and astonishing insight, Paddy O'Reilly has written a wonderful novel that will appeal to fans of Sara Gruen's Ape House, Karen Joy Fowler's We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, and Teddy Wayne's The Love Song of Jonny Valentine--or anyone who's ever questioned the nature of fame, our kinship with the animal kingdom, and the delicate balancing act of life and death"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Atria paperback edition.
- Extent
- 279 pages
- Note
- "Atria fiction original trade."
- Isbn
- 9781476766362
- Label
- The wonders : a novel
- Title
- The wonders
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Paddy O'Reilly
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the author of the "funny, irreverent, and highly entertaining" (Liane Moriarty, author of The Husband's Secret) Fine Color of Rust comes a brilliant new novel about a misfit trio who become instant international reality stars, probing the nature of celebrity, disability, and the value of human life. Perhaps every human being was a freak. Hadn't he read somewhere that every person has at least a handful of damaged genes? That all humans embody a myriad of nature's mistakes? Meet Leon (stage name: Clockwork Man), a nervous, introverted thirty-year-old man with a brass heart; Kathryn (stage name: Lady Lamb), a brash, sexy woman covered almost entirely with black, tightly furled wool; and Christos (stage name: Seraphiel), a vain performance artist who plays a winged god with the help of ceramic implants inserted between his shoulder blades. These are The Wonders, three extraordinary people whose medical treatments have tested the limits of the human body. When they are brought together by a canny entrepreneur, their glamorous, genre-defying, twenty-first-century circus act becomes a global sensation. But what makes them objects of fascination also places them in danger. With warmth, humor, and astonishing insight, Paddy O'Reilly has written a wonderful novel that will appeal to fans of Sara Gruen's Ape House, Karen Joy Fowler's We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, and Teddy Wayne's The Love Song of Jonny Valentine--or anyone who's ever questioned the nature of fame, our kinship with the animal kingdom, and the delicate balancing act of life and death"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Reilly, P. A.
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9619.4.O74
- LC item number
- W66 2015
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fame
- Reality television programs
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The wonders : a novel, Paddy O'Reilly
- Note
- "Atria fiction original trade."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Atria paperback edition.
- Extent
- 279 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476766362
- Isbn Type
- (softcover : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2014018895
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn883147791
- (Sirsi) o883147791
- (OCoLC)883147791
- Label
- The wonders : a novel, Paddy O'Reilly
- Note
- "Atria fiction original trade."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Atria paperback edition.
- Extent
- 279 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476766362
- Isbn Type
- (softcover : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2014018895
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn883147791
- (Sirsi) o883147791
- (OCoLC)883147791
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