The Coma

The Coma

by Alex Garland (Author), Alex Garland (Author), Nicholas Garland (Illustrator)

Synopsis

Carl is brutally assaulted in an underground train while protecting a young woman from a gang of thugs. Beaten unconscious, he lies for days in a hospital bed. On discharge Carl starts to notice strange leaps in time, distortions in his experience. Is he truly interacting with the outside world, or could he still be in the coma? The Coma is the new novel from Alex Garland - a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force that delves deep into the subconscious mind, with brilliantly disturbing results. It is illustrated with 45 woodcuts by Nicholas Garland.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 01 Jul 2004

ISBN 10: 0571223079
ISBN 13: 9780571223077
Book Overview: The Coma by Alex Garland is a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force from the internationally known author of The Beach.

Media Reviews
Evocative...unsettling. ( San Francisco ) Garland leads us deeper and deeper into the Escher-like maze of one man's altered consciousness. ( Denver Post ) Garland constructs a literal mind game. The Coma repeatedly pulls the rug out from under the reader. ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune )
Author Bio
Alex Garland is the author of the bestselling novels The Beach ,The Tesseract, and The Coma, which was created with images by his father Nicholas Garland. He is the co-author of the videogame, Enslaved. He has written the screenplays for 28 Days Later, Sunshine and adapted Kuzuo Ishiguro's Never Let MeGo for the screen.