C (novel)

The novel revolves around Serge Carrefax, born in the late 19th century in England. The plot follows his life before and after World War I. ==Themes==

A major theme in the novel is communication, and the way technology influences the way individuals and societies communicate. ==Reception==

Jennifer Egan, writing for the New York Times, referred to the novel as fusing "Pynchonesque revelry in signs and codes with the lush psychedelics of William Burroughs". Leo Robson, in a review for the New Statesman, describes the book as "full of familiar delights and familiar tedium". It continues "After a certain point, most sentences go something like this (not a parody): "Everything seems connected: disparate locations twitch and burst into activity like limbs reacting to impulses sent from elsewhere in the body, booms and jibs obeying levers at the far end of a complex set of ropes and cogs and relays." ==References==