Set in a semi-recognizable world (Cuba is admitted into the United Kingdom), at some undated point in the future, and narrated by a nameless hero with no apparent family but a gift for martial arts and a best friend named Gonzo Lubitsch, Harkaway’s debut blends aspects of existing culture ( Brazil, Catch-22, The Karate Kid) into the story. Fantasy meets apocalypse meets allegory meets bildungsroman in an exuberant, bulging first novel by John le Carré’s son.
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