The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim (Paperback)
| Author: Jonathan Coe |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
ISBN-10: 0307742156
ISBN-13: 9780307742155
Sku: 223432735
Publish Date: 3/6/2012
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 7.75H x 5.25L x 1.25T
Pages:
384
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The depths of loneliness are well plumbed in literature, but few reach the extremes of the title figure in THE TERRIBLE PRIVACY OF MAXWELL SIM. Isolated from his parents, wife, and daughter, Sim's only connection to humanity comes through his job in a department store. As only he could, Sim spurns that social opportunity by agreeing to drive a carload of toothbrushes to the farthest reaches of the earth, where his only intimacy comes through the voice in his satellite tracking device.
The depths of loneliness are well plumbed in literature, but few reach the extremes of the title figure in THE TERRIBLE PRIVACY OF MAXWELL SIM. Isolated from his parents, wife, and daughter, Sim's only connection to humanity comes through his job in a department store. As only he could, Sim spurns that social opportunity by agreeing to drive a carload of toothbrushes to the farthest reaches of the earth, where his only intimacy comes through the voice in his satellite tracking device.
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"[A] compelling, poignant read...."
- Sara Vilkomerson
03/11/2011
"Coe has a lot of fun skewering the way technology and social media have become buttresses of society...."
01/31/2011
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