REMAINDER by Tom McCarthy
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Reviewed by Patrick Walsh
What do an undisclosed “accident,” ₤8.5 million, and a small crack above a bathroom mirror have in common? Answer: together they are the catalysts behind Tom McCarthy’s first novel Remainder, the contemporary story of an anonymous, London-bred narrator and his painstaking efforts to precisely reconstruct specific moments in time. McCarthy begins his work slowly, as if consciously trying to preserve the ambiguity and detached nature of the narrator, who, after an inexplicable incident involving falling machinery and a resulting settlement, is left as wealthy as he is mentally distorted. Despite the deliberate start, Remainder cleverly diverges from the orderly and the methodical into what can only be described as bizarre and completely out of control. (more…)