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About The Book
Riv—poet, philosopher, private eye—arrives in Cali, Colombia, hoping to find reprieve. Running away from an unspeakable event surrounding his ex Jane, Riv accidentally connects with his cousin Mauro and family friend Carlotta, who asks him to find her daughter Angelica Alfa-Ochoa. No sooner is Riv on the trail when it becomes clear that not only are the cops not looking for Angelica, but they are actively preventing him from finding her. This could be a good thing because the police are clearly in the pocket of one Exeter Mondragon, a name best never uttered in public if one wants to stay alive. But Riv is not one to leave things incomplete. When his investigation leads him straight into the heart of Mondragon’s criminal empire, he is forced not only to face unimaginable horrors, but also to plunge into the deepest and most perplexing conundrums of the human condition.
Lightning fast on the page and steeped in the cultural history of Colombia, Every Arc Bends Its Radian is a novel only Sergio de la Pava could write. As incredibly funny as it is ridiculously smart, it poses large philosophical questions while keeping you laughing. A novel idea about the biggest idea of them all—what in God’s name are we even put on earth for, this book is a singular exploration of the human mind.
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (November 12, 2024)
- Length: 288 pages
- ISBN13: 9781668056721
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Raves and Reviews
“Sergio De La Pava is one of America’s most inventive writers, and his new novel bends minds and genres in equal measure. Starting life as a hard-boiled detective story, it cuts a heady and frequently funny path through travelogue, horror, and sci-fi. Like some postmodern Poe bringing news of the maelstrom, Every Arc Bends Its Radian offers a wild ride to ‘the innermost heart of reality.’”—Garth Risk Hallberg, New York Times bestselling author of City on Fire and The Second Coming
"Every Arc Bends its Radian poses unanswerable questions, pushes at the outer skin of reality, and expands the idea of a novel. Bellicose and tender, delirious and lucid, what I just read is a masterpiece. Sergio De La Pava is one of the finest writers alive."—Zain Khalid, author of Brother Alive
“A philosophical parable about our dumpster present in the key of Pynchon out for a night on the town with Dostoevsky and Mary Shelley, Every Arc Bends Its Radian is unhinged in the best possible way. A frisky, horrifying, witty, enraged, unpredictable, and fascinating exploration into how the human is ending and the other thing birthing all around us. Plus its second half will make your brain explode at least once on every page.”—Lance Olsen, author of Absolute Away
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